PinnedWestern PurgatoriesWhen you wonder why you are there. I have a new travel memoir coming out soon. It’s about going places and doing things. Mostly, though, it’s about learning new topics. It’s a very non-fiction-y book for people who like that kind of thing. Everyone goes on and on about how…Free Ebook3 min readFree Ebook3 min read
3 days agoMatera MemoriesA place that I would go back to in a heartbeat. Hello! Book Two of my Memory Road Trip series is out, and I’m already working on an outline for my next installment. …Matera6 min readMatera6 min read
Mar 12Member-onlyA Random Selection of WordsI scrolled until I said stop. In honor of my new travel memoir being released last week, I decided to scroll through it until I said “Stop” to myself and post whatever words I landed on. …Writing3 min readWriting3 min read
Mar 11MusingsThinking about trees. Life and death ebbs and flows. Nature, man — we are the same. We intertwine. We go way back together. We both have stakes in this planet, this big blue floating ball. How is it that we both ended up here?Environment4 min readEnvironment4 min read
Mar 6Time TraveledA new philosophical travel memoir I am happy to announce that my new Travel Memoir TIME TRAVELED is being released today! Ebook (0.99¢ — release price) and print ($9.99) available! Whoo-hoo!!!! Buy it either at Amazon or at most major retailers.Travel Writing6 min readTravel Writing6 min read
Published in Gardening, Birding, and Outdoor Adventure·Feb 23Local SceneryMy intention to document a year in the desert. I live near the edge of civilization. Sort of. At least, I like to think that I do. In reality, I live near the edge of the Gila River Indian Reservation which comprises 583,749 square miles of desert goodness. The Gila…Arizona4 min readArizona4 min read
Published in Gardening, Birding, and Outdoor Adventure·Feb 13Desert Vegetable GardenA Tale from the Phoenix Suburbs I used to want to be an urban farmer. Heck. I just told a lie. I still want to be an urban farmer, but the reality that I live in a desert has finally set in. (Water, Or The Lack Thereof) I always knew…Garden3 min readGarden3 min read
Feb 9To Be Paid, Or Not To Be Paid, That Is The QuestionI’ve utimately decided to unmeter my stories I just finished doing my 2022 taxes. I made a whopping $25 in Medium last year. I was a paid Medium subscriber for much of that time, so I doled out more than I made. …Writing4 min readWriting4 min read
Feb 5Strokes SuckA stroke ruined my father’s life. I recently put the finishing touches on my latest travel memoir and had to edit out certain stories that didn’t exactly fit. Most notably, I edited most references to my father’s debilitating stroke. I only kept the briefest mention of his condition and deleted…Stroke3 min readStroke3 min read
Published in Taking Off·Jan 31Tucson Gem ShowShopping on Steroids — Every year for 16 days, a massive Gem Show rolls into Tucson to sell everything from tiny rocks to dinosaur bones. I used to avoid attending this gigantic production, thinking I wasn’t interested in seeing a bunch of stones. It was on a complete whim one year that I decided…Tucson5 min readTucson5 min read
