Catharsis at Glacier
Our family went on vacation a few years back to Glacier National Park. My sister was killed a few months...
journey
flickering in the wind
My mind was freeas the wind flicking the candle flame.I felt no conflict or angeronly contentment and peace. With...
Addis Ababa
You can learn much about a country while in line at customs waiting for a visa. Things such as Ethiopia's...
Lord Calvert Springs
Lord Calvert Springs will forever be synonymous with the man I only knew as Grandpa Leo. A man who wasn't...
in The Swell
I first heard "licensed to ill" when I was around 14, listening to it on my friend's walkman in the...
Crisscrossing country roads of Cornhusker land
It had been four years since I'd last stepped on Nebraska soil. Upon my return to America's heartland last week,...
the streets of Philadelphia
I found myself in new territory recently, a new city with an old friend. Traveling solo has put me at...
Feeling stress…
The crippling pain in my side returns, bringing me to my knees. Incapacitated. One month into the new job now,...
feeling like Conrad, exploring like Magellan
After a night of delicious Peruvian food and wine, I slept soundly to the sounds of the water lapping against...
Staying alive in Miraflores
I travel with cautious optimism and a belief in the goodness of people, and for the most part, this has...
The floating city of Belen
As the skiff was making its way across the polluted Amazonian waters, our guide Daniel was telling us the story...
Climbing Mount Spokane
Short is the little time which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. - Marcus Aurelius ...