“Some Kind of Freedom” – The Song
Two years ago, when I took off for my first summer of van travels, I…
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Hail the Holy Hammock! Appreciating the Power of Retreat
In order to get a handle on our own lives and orient toward a future…
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Caught Up in the River of Capitalism
Sometimes the things we take for granted are exactly the things that we should question…
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One Road In, One Road Out
I wrote this song while on a recent road trip in my van. While driving,…
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Blooming Where Planted – musings from vanlife
I’m on a journey. Back in the van, which I love by the way, and…
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Mother Nature and Lady Luck
Living in nature. I find that facet of van life entirely enthralling and invaluable. While…
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Blind Spots
When I first bought my van, I remember driving and trying to merge into heavy…
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Traveling Home
Showing its back, and showing its front, A falling maple leaf Nothing to grab on…
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The Value of Pretty Much Nothing
I’m doing pretty much nothing, and I’m fairly sure that there isn’t anything one could…
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The Happiness Infusion
I’m happy. You know how I know? I keep saying it. Out loud. To myself….
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Freedom From Doing
I’m starting to get a flavor of the freedom I last wrote about, but it…
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Some Kind of Freedom
Something different is happening with my van, the Casa Roma, that I didn’t quite expect….
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Junkie for the Open Road
Building a mobile camper van. It’s been a vision of mine for the past couple…
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