Life

How Do You Write About the Suburbs?

How do you write about the suburbs? Right now I’m staying in Puyallup, in the big…
Falling in Love on the Camino (where all your dreams true if you want them hard enough)

September 9, 2017 I prayed I would meet someone on the Camino, and I met someone.…
Solvitur Ambulando

September 16, 2017 Today was the first day on the Meseta. I walked alone all day.…
Seattle!

Just like that. Just like that. Just like that I’m wearing a turtleneck, soaking my feet…
Satan the Prowling Lion Will Lead You Stray if You Stray from the Way

September 24, 2017 TRANSCRIPT OF A FAKE SERMON. Good morning, and it’s a blessing to be…
The Problem with You Not Being Here

September 26, 2017 The journey’s too big. Too many details are on this single line we…
My Travel Guide

October 9, 2017 I stumbled across a poem by Constantine Petrou Cavafy called Ithaka. As I…
Breakfast at the Coffee Shop

I wanted to eat the yam in my cupboard for lunch, so for breakfast I walked…
Free Man

October 24, 2017 Spain haunts me. Even when I was on the Camino, even in the…
Craving Colors

I don’t crave food very often but last year I started craving colors. I craved blue…
The Rabbit and the Terrier

November 10, 2017 One day on the Camino, I got talking to a woman and she…
Sitting Still

November 27, 2017 Geographically speaking, I have caved in on myself. They say life does that…