It seems our Western culture focuses on the opposite: what you don’t have, but still want, and then pressures us to scrape more money together to by more excesses. I find myself today in a limbo that has become routine: in the temporal space between places. A month in New York has risen in its…
People envy turtles because they do not have an existential crisis every time they visit a neighboring pond. Turtles do not need travel packing tips because a turtle’s packing checklist is simple: 1) Are all my limbs attached? 2) Is there anything nearby that wants to eat me? Like turtles, location independent people carry their…
United Airlines‘ on-hold music is inspiring. Melodic notes dip, then soar. It makes you want to, well, fly all over the world, see the pyramids, and experience the splendor that life has to offer. I’ve spent a lot of time this last year listening to that music, because United has spent much of 2013 screwing…
I almost did something totally cray-cray. I almost went home for Christmas from NYC to Bismarck via a 44 hour bus saga. What the bag of poorly trained chimpanzees was I thinking? I thought it would be nice, taking the scenic route, watching as the temperate East unfolded into the snow speckled woods slowly transforming…
