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No Signal: Sneak Preview 1
THIS IS NOT THE FINAL VERSION. THIS IS AN UNPROOFED MANUSCRIPT The following is from the book I wrote about the year I spent living "van...

Izaak David Diggs
Jan 2, 20223 min read


Solitude
Do you enjoy being alone? Do you enjoy it, or are you simply comfortable with it---being on your own, away from other people? After a...

Izaak David Diggs
Nov 5, 20212 min read


Catchy Title Relevant to My Brand
Who am I? Do you ever ask yourself that? I’m Jason. I oversee part of a phone bank at a call center. I like mountain biking and have a...

Izaak David Diggs
Oct 26, 20213 min read


What is Home
I have established that I am a traveler and not a nomad, someone who needs a “home base.” Reaching that understanding is just the first...

Izaak David Diggs
Oct 17, 20212 min read


Exploring Career Suicide
Day two in Bend, Oregon. Since my camp host gig ended yesterday I filed for Unemployment this morning which has become even more...

Izaak David Diggs
Oct 10, 20212 min read


The American Outback, 1 Sept. 2021
The American Outback is not just a series of books, it is a state of mind, an ideal for living. I have been living out of my minivan for...

Izaak David Diggs
Sep 2, 20213 min read


Creative Brilliance as a Genetic Anamoly
I had a thought a few days ago about how creative brilliance is a sort of genetic anomaly. Look at John Lennon, his father was just some...

Izaak David Diggs
May 2, 20212 min read


Loads of Books Available, No Master Plan
I described in a previous blog how I have pivoted my approach to being a writer: No longer approaching agents and publishers. Releasing...

Izaak David Diggs
Mar 31, 20211 min read


Tall People Do Not Fear Snow
This is day three of leg eighteen, exactly ten months after I left Portland with a casual rain falling. Starting this leg, I left my...

Izaak David Diggs
Mar 17, 20213 min read


The American Outback is now available
I am excited to announce the availability of my first non-fiction book The American Outback. Here is the description from the back of the...

Izaak David Diggs
Mar 13, 20211 min read


Powering Your Vanlife
When I started out as a nomad I was in a different place every night. Each day I would drive a couple hundred miles which was enough to...

Izaak David Diggs
Mar 10, 20212 min read


Singing the Praise of Indoor Plumbing
I am not sharing this life with you if I do not include what occurs during spa days. I live out of a Honda Odyssey minivan, less than...

Izaak David Diggs
Feb 20, 20212 min read


Nomadland...kinda
***CONTAINS SPOILERS, just a warning*** Having been a nomad living out of my van nine months, I was curious to see the new film...

Izaak David Diggs
Feb 19, 20212 min read
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