I’m distracted by fun-loving airport staff whipping their luggage vehicles across the tarmac every few seconds, a sight I’m enjoying through a floor-to-ceiling window in Denver International Airport. Currently drinking a 2-for-1 caribou coffee (my ordered latte was mistakenly switched by a patron for theirs), and taking advantage of my normal layover writing time to […]
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Summer 2021: Four Time Zones in Three Weeks
(Written 8/18/2021) I write from a window seat overlooking what is probably still Montana at this point (it’s a big state). I am en route from Missoula, MT to Chicago after the latest installment of adventure for this summer. Last time I wrote, I was leaving California and on my way back to Illinois to […]
Continue readingSummer 2021: Third Time’s a Charm in CA
I write from the seating area for a little burger joint in O’Hare’s international terminal. I arrived back in Chicago from California about an hour ago and am now sipping terrible coffee and waiting to be picked up in a bit by one of my brothers. This summer has certainly been an adventure. I am […]
Continue readingSummer 2021: LAX to ORD to MKE to …?
Written 6/12/2021 Hello all. I write from my normal spot – a plane – somewhere in the airspace between Los Angeles and Chicago. When, if, I ever have to set up my own workspace, I might need to consider sourcing an airplane seat instead of a desk chair. I’m currently returning to the Midwest after […]
Continue readingSummer 2021: Time Out Yonder
I’m standing at a charging table in Seattle’s international airport, SEATAC. I will board a flight bound for Chicago in less than an hour. But considering I’m hanging out in an airport (where I do some of my best writing) and had a few minutes, I thought I’d post a quick update. I have been […]
Continue readingSummer 2021: Greenville, East, then West
I write from the passenger seat of a rental car as a good friend and I cruise along a sunny Tennessee highway between Nashville and Memphis. We’re on day two of a quick road trip transporting some stuff of hers from West Virginia to Houston. We’ll spend a day or two there with her sister […]
Continue readingGreenville 2021: A Winter in the Midwest
Hello all. I write from a Holiday Inn Express breakfast dining room in Indiana. I’m here with the Greenville University women’s basketball team, for whom I am currently assistant coaching. We will play our second of two games against DePauw University this afternoon before driving home. I’m currently enjoying one of my favorite things – […]
Continue readingGreenville 2020: A Funny Turn of Events
I write from 16A on a Frontier flight from Nashville to Denver this bright December afternoon. I’m on my way (via a long layover to stay with a good friend) back to Chicago at the end of the week – we’re a couple weeks out from Christmas. Heralds forecasting snow storms prophesied from the screens in […]
Continue readingPost-Europe 2020: Smoke and Doors and Baby Steps
I write from the airspace between LAX and Chicago’s O’Hare airport. I’m flying back to Illinois after spending six weeks in Southern California with one of my closest friends and her family. These past few weeks alone have been filled with plenty to write home about. When we weren’t spending our time working, plenty of […]
Continue readingEurope 2020: Plot Twist and Dublin During a Pandemic
It’s amazing how disorienting life can be. I write from the seating area of a cafe in Dublin International, enjoying the welcome presence of two other customers in an otherwise vacant corridor. I spent last night here at the airport – it’s a virtual deadzone and was one of the more bizarre quiets I’ve ever […]
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