(Written December 28th, 2023) I write from the back of a packed Frontier flight carrying me from Midway Airport (Chicago) to Denver International. It’s early morning and I have a full Denver day ahead of me. I’ll see JT tonight and in two days will fly to Seattle to spend New Year’s with her sister […]
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A Memo On My Last Three Years
The last three years of my life have included a facet I never expected (or wanted, if God had felt like asking). It was terrifying then excruciating, daunting, mystifying, galvanizing, still terrifying, and has slowly and subtly given way to becoming one of the most significant parts of my life. I don’t anticipate that changing. […]
Continue readingSpring 2023: Whirlwinds with End Dates
I write from an impossibly beautiful deck looking over an impossibly beautiful backyard pool, distracted by an impossibly beautiful mountain sunset to my right. I’m in Colorado, about ten minutes from where I currently call home. I’ve been dog-sitting this weekend and enjoying a weekend-away-from-home with JT and three of the biggest dogs I’ve ever […]
Continue readingYear’s End 2022: Nesting for Winter
Hello all, Since I last wrote, there has been one snafu, one unexpected flight, one long road trip, and one newly occupied room in my recent history. I’ll detail them very briefly and catch you up to speed. The housing situation I thought I would move into upon arriving in Denver, Colorado at the end […]
Continue readingFall 2022: Back on the Road (Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Colorado)
I’m sitting in a sun-lit lounge car on a northbound Amtrak train. We passed through Vancouver, Washington, maybe thirty minutes ago. We’ve enjoyed a stunningly summery purveyance of the lands between Eugene, Oregon and (unless something crazy happens) Seattle, Washington where we’ll arrive in hopefully 2.5 hours. This morning I woke early and sat in […]
Continue readingFall 2022: An Oregon Spell
Hello all, I write while leaning on the “breakfast bar” (didn’t know that was a thing) in a gorgeous kitchen in Walterville, Oregon. I’ve been living in this house for almost three weeks, which seems simultaneously longer and shorter than my perception would suggest. Since I last wrote, I’ve traveled through five states. I spent […]
Continue readingFall 2022: Stateside
(Written 8/11/2022) Hi all. I write from a United Airlines seat midway through a trans-Atlantic flight. I left Dublin this morning bound for O’Hare Airport, following a by-now-familiar route back to Chicago. It’s been a long couple weeks. I don’t have internet connection at the moment so can’t look back to see when I would […]
Continue readingSummer 2022: Where’s Next For Me?
Hello all, I write from a coffee shop seating area in Dublin International Airport, enjoying a front-row vantage point for the steady stream of arriving passengers and the occasional jubilant or emotional reunion. I think I’m going to try to move away from making an obligatory opening comment on how long it’s been since I […]
Continue readingSpring 2022: Back to Belfast (Twice)
Hello all, I write from an airy, glass-enclosed terminal inside Charles de Gaulle Airport outside Paris, France. I am en route back to Belfast, Northern Ireland – my home for this season. At long last after first applying for my 2-year visa to remain in the UK in Spring 2020, I have moved back over […]
Continue readingRinging In 2022 (And Five Countries in Six Days and Other Trivialities)
Hello all, This update is even more delinquent than normal and for that I apologize. I write from a bustling terminal that may or may not be anywhere close to the terminal where I’ll eventually need to be. I’m smack dab in the Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México (Mexico City’s international airport) waiting […]
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