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an Update

Late September, 2006

It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks.  First, Marieke and I finished off a long, hot 250km walk to the city of Trujillo in Peru, and then in a blink we were on a bus down to Lima and almost before really being able to say goodbye, she was on a plane headed back . . . → Read More: an Update

An August update

One of the most wonderful things about this walk is its unpredictability.  This nomadic push north keeps me forever in contact with new and unknown people and places.  Each morning I wake up I can be sure that at some point in the day I’m going to meet some person who’s smile, words, missing teeth, style . . . → Read More: An August update

Number crunch freak out

My mind does a lot of stuff while I walk…it wanders, it focuses, it languishes, it ferments, it concentrates, it stews, stagnates, jitters, wonders, creates, visualizes, hibernates, buzzes, zooms, and vacillates…it does it all.

Sometimes I linger on my past, rolling it out in front of me like a big, misbegotten, patchwork map.  I scowl at certain . . . → Read More: Number crunch freak out