When I moved from the East Coast to San Diego in the spring of 2002, I found myself a stranger in a place that felt like
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Journeys and Thanks
Dear Fellow Travelers, With my last post “A Journey to Now,” I wrapped up a month-long celebration of journeys and books. Each post focused on a
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A Journey To Now
In May I was feeling the loss of an old friend very deeply. It was his birthday month and a year since the last time I’d
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Strangers in a Strange Land
Michael Valentine Smith may have prevented a murder back in the summer of 1974 when my brother and I were stranded in Port Angeles, Washington for
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Road Trip, One Page at a Time
With this post, I begin a month-long celebration of journeys and books. Each post will focus on a particular journey and the book that either took
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Fences, Fear, and Friendship Park
I live about 25 miles from the border crossing between California and Mexico and except for a ride to Rosarito Beach back in the eighties, I’ve
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Lost in Plain Sight
Taking a walk with Oliver Gray isn’t easy. He lives 2,300 miles and three time zones away. But I’ve taken seven walks with him to date
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Letter to an Unknown Soldier
Dear One, I may have seen you a few years ago in the months before you left for war, walking with a child in your arms
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Re-entry
You know that half groan, half-shriek the gears make when you thought you were shifting your car into second and you hit reverse instead? Or, forgot
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Love and Thanks
Is it uncool to thank the WP universe for the love I experienced last week? I don’t care. I am thanking you all now. I’ve never
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