I’ve spent quite a bit of time during the past 1½ years in Hot Springs, Arkansas, falling more and more in love with the beauty of the state during each trip. It’s called The Natural State for a reason. During Yoda’s and my most recent visit last month, I decided to drive north on the […]
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Meet Leland Duff. He is 85 years old and he’s standing in front of the smoldering remains of his house. Buying a watermelon from him was the most important money I’ve spent all year. I just returned from a road trip. I was gone just under 2 weeks and I put over 1,200 miles on […]
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“Your dog is in your mate space.â€Â These were some of the first words out of the mouth of the Curandera whom I serendipitously met on my road trip in Hot Springs, Arkansas. She said this before I even told her that I had a dog not so patiently waiting for me outside in Princess […]
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Dear 2012, The last couple of days have been ones of deep introspection. 2011 was one of the most difficult of my life, but it was also singularly the most important year of my life. As a result, I wasn’t sure I was ready to see the year end. It was a year of breaking […]
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Route 66 was one of the original U.S. highways, originally running from Chicago to Los Angeles. Driving Route 66 embodies the spirit of Americana. It’s a trip back in time, combined with plenty of rural kitsch. People plan entire road trip vacations along Route 66. It seems to carry with it a certain romantic nostalgia. […]
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One year ago today I began my epic road trip. Little did I know my life would be changed forever. One year ago today I plastered a decade old Post-it Note to Princess’ dashboard with duct tape. The Post-it Note read “I Welcome Change.â€Â I stared at these words realizing I had been seeking change […]
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Imagine driving through the parched Arizona desert, seeing no sign of human life for miles upon miles. Suddenly you encounter an RV park filled with senior citizens who are former Country Music Swing Hall of Famers. This is exactly what happened to me. They fed me, let me sleep in a camper, and let me […]
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I’ve long been confused by the saying that people come into one’s life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. To me, it actually makes more sense to say that every single person comes into one’s life for a reason, yet some of those people hang around for a season and others for a […]
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No one said it was going to be easy. And it hasn’t been. I’ve been vacillating between emotional highs about finally making positive changes in my life and emotional lows about leaving behind the people and places I love in Los Angeles. I haven’t yet found that sweet spot of balance in between the two […]
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In my very first blog post in September 2010, I proclaimed that I needed change in my life.  I prayed for change. I desperately needed change. On the first day of my road trip last October, realizing I had no idea how to find that change,  I blubbered snotty tears all over my steering wheel […]
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