• The Night the Man Fell

    Not unlike most of my travels, I arrived to Burning Man without a good grasp of knowledge about the Man or exactly what the Temple meant. I had plenty of supplies thanks to my gracious hosts and a supply of boy short underwear from Victoria’s Secret. However, when I visited the Temple my first night [...]

  • Five weeks

    The unfortunate part about getting home at midnight on a Tuesday is that no one is awake to talk about the reason you were out. That said, I leave for Italy for five weeks Thursday. I have hours of packing, cleaning, and distractions until I land in Rome early Friday morning. Life is good, ya’ll. [...]

  • 29

    Monday is my 29th birthday. This is a bit of a big deal if only because I don’t feel like I expected to feel at 29. With the exception of body maturity, I still feel like I’m playing an adult most of the time. Seriously, body maturity is what they should have warned us about [...]

  • Flock of Geese

    It was the second time in three weeks I had an occasion to wear sunglasses in Alaska. Sure, it is light out nearly 24 hours a day but the sun hides behind dark, rain-filled clouds most of the time. Our glasses were full with red wine, a celebratory drink (or three) at the end of [...]

  • Surpises II

    The biggest surprise is when you discover you may like love the place you were held captive in for three weeks and could not have enjoyed better company. And when you discover this, you realize how glad you are you did your best to be open to the experience, sniffling nose, crazy antics, and long [...]