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 […]
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Spring 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 […]
Continue readingSummer 2021: Adventure Season Bleeds Into Fall (aka San Diego, Part Four)
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 […]
Continue readingSummer 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 – […]
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