I write from a warm and sunny garden patio in Zhytomyr, Ukraine. My partner in crime Cima (the youngest sister in the family) and I are drinking tea — she’s watching a video in Russian on a phone next to me as I write, the family cat Tom seruptitiously inching ever closer, and every […]

  (Written 8/18/2019)   I write from the Charleroi Airport cafeteria an hour’s train ride outside Brussels, Belgium. Post-adventure exhaustion has set in — the last several nights have involved more long life talks with friends, post-basketball-game hangouts with Belgian athletes, and long drives than hours of sleep. This morning started early as we moved […]

  I write from a layover in Frankfurt as the fearless News Release Basketball women’s team travels from Hammarstrand, Sweden to Brussels, Belgium. This past week, we enjoyed a significant experience in the small-town countryside of northern Sweden. Hammarstrand is a tiny town (perhaps not more than 1000 residents) where the Swedish government happens to […]

Hey all, I write from Munich International Airport where six American basketball players and I await a flight to Stockholm. We’ll spend the day traveling to a small city — Hammarstrand — in Sweden and will start the second of our three week-long basketball camps there tomorrow. After a very quick visit with some family […]

  Hey all,   I write from a McDonald’s of all places in a quieter part of Munich. The city, along with much of Europe, is roasting in abnormally high summer temperatures and I made a bit of a poor life decision in ordering a hot coffee. Oh well — always improving. One day I’ll […]

  Hey all, I arrived back in Edinburgh last night for a short stint before the next adventure. I alluded to it in my last post and am now able to sit down for a moment and pen this post to share what’s going on. In an unexpected twist for the summer, I am joining […]

  I sit at a corner table overlooking the Belfast International Airport tarmac. It seems I do half my general life admin in airports. Soft jazz fills my ears in that closed and cozy way that earbuds can facilitate and the coffee cup I drained peers out the window with me as I write.   Today’s flight […]

  (Written 3 June 2019)   I write from a coffee shop table tucked away in London’s Stansted airport where I await a final flight on my journey back to Edinburgh. The past three weeks have been a bit of a blur:     Three weeks ago yesterday, I trekked into the Scottish wilderness with a few […]