The steady thwump, thwump, thwump was strangely soothing – like the heartbeat of Mother Earth. I slowed my breathing as I was swallowed by the sound, the clumsy embrace of walls pressing against my sides. I opened my eyes only to quickly shut them from the ceiling four inches above my nose. It's not too…
Taking a Leap
February 29, 2024 24 “extra” hours, and I spent the first five of them snoozing. I clambered from my cot with a shock – apparently the foam pad sandwiched between cotton sheet and canvas frame acquired quite the charge, and this morning's disassembly had me buzzed. My bed of four months reduced to a bedroll…
Sole Baring
My journey to the river valley of western Minnesota has me thinking about feet. I didn't plan to be here. Honestly, the phone interview three months ago had me worried - a PT department completely vacated, patients diverted last minute to neighboring sister clinics. When anthropologists study a civilization that was suddenly abandoned, they suspect…
Conversations on El Camino 