There was a long and winding road. There were semis blasting by. There was an echo of long lost voices of those who had traveled before.
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About This Blog
“Welcome! The posts and essays you’ll find here cover the past several years of my travels as a writer, reader, walker, mother, wanna-be gardner, and lover
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His Mission Now
His story, he tells me, is not so different from the stories of other veterans who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. He doesn’t know if he
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A Moment of Silence
On Monday, May 26th, the clock will strike 3 p.m. one time zone at a time. Everywhere across the U.S. people will fall silent, together or
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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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Learning to Walk, Learning to See
We’re two friends walking along the cliffs overlooking the Pacific. For one of us the walk is preparation for a 200-mile pilgrimage, for the other, it
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