Two days ago I was walking Yoda early one morning around my parents’ rural Wisconsin neighborhood. Because I work from home, I’ve been fortunate that Yoda and I have been able to spend every August for the past six years here. It’s quiet, the people are friendly, and Mom and Dad live on a lake, so […]
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One of my happiest places on earth is at my parents’ lake house in rural Wisconsin. I can say without doubt that it is one of Yoda’s most beloved spots too, which is why I’m so lucky that we have been able to road trip here so I can work remotely for the month of […]
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Sunflowers are quite possibly the world’s cheeriest flower. With their large vibrant yellow petals, they look much like a bright smiling sun. Feeling blue? Then perhaps you should consider standing in a field of ½ million sunflowers. It’s like injecting yourself with an oversized dose of optimism. You can do just that at Sunflower Days […]
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I believe the Universe is constantly sending us signs. Signs to guide us, and signs to help us understand. All too often however, we have so much noise with the activity of our everyday lives that we don’t see those signs. That’s one of the reasons I love road tripping so much – the stillness of […]
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I’m sitting in my Jackson, Missouri hotel room after a nine hour day of driving, en route to Austin after a month away. All those hours in a car give me a lot of time to analyze (and sometimes over-analyze) things in my life. What was on my mind today was a conversation I had […]
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I just pushed “send” and e-mailed the second draft of my book, Seeking Shama, to my editor. Those of you who follow my Seeking Shama Facebook page know that Yoda and I drove across country in Princess Leia the Prius the last week in July so that I could work from my parents’ lake house […]
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The road has become a great teacher of mine. My road tripping over the past two years has brought me many profound lessons. These lessons come in many forms. They may be personal epiphanies that come from being lost in meditative thought during hours of driving through the countryside. They may come from meeting […]
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I’m sitting in my hotel room in Springfield, Missouri, finally finding time to write after some marathon days of driving. I love the road. I do some of my best thinking during long hours of driving in Princess Leia the Prius with Yoda the dog. What’s been on my mind the past few days is […]
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I’ve long been confused by the saying that people come into one’s life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. To me, it actually makes more sense to say that every single person comes into one’s life for a reason, yet some of those people hang around for a season and others for a […]
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Before I left on my road trip, I never realized how healing driving can be. Long hours alone in the car can be filled with times of tears, times of reflection, times of imagination, or times of peaceful zoning out. Yet not all roads are the same. The breathtaking bluffs in Big Sur, California are […]
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