Sharing mistakes and triumphs as I navigate the adversities and delights of elderhood in a camper van and...wherever.
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“America’s Iliad” in the Land of Dinosaurs
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I drive Charlotte along Main Street, slowly, in search of a meal. The town looks deser...
Bucking Horses, Watery Memories, and Fantastical Medicine Rocks
Kudos to whoever said, You can never go back. Because it’s true. If you want to keep your memories unsullied, don’t revisit their origins.
Miles City, Montana, where I lived from the age of 16 until halfway through my 21st year, was a thri...
Ms. Cranky Pants and the Missing Tractor
It’s 85 degrees when I drive into Big Sandy, Montana, at 10:30 a.m. In the distance, the Bear Paw Mountains stand shrouded in a smoky pink haze. A row of grain elevators towers over a line of railroad tracks. A large metal sign stands at on...
A Faithful Dog in Montana's Oldest Town
Last week’s van life adventures swayed between revolting and sublime. And I’ll explain why shortly. But first, I want to tell you about a dog.
Loyalty on steroids.
In 1936, a sheep herder became ill and was taken to the St. Clare Hospital...
When Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Last week, Bozeman looked like the reason I left my temporary home in the town of Orange, California, in 1978: you could see the air. An amber-indigo-apricot haze lay across the Gallatin Valley like the hideous L.A. smog of (thankfully) byg...
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