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#Vanlife: The Ruby Years

Disagree Strongly
aka the Sound of a Million Wings Flapping in Unison—It feels like magic, doesn’t it, a group of individuals becoming not just united but shapeshifter?
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Poems to Carry in the Blood
"The Cremation of Sam McGee" as part of a community project by Tara Penry
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Ghost Rider
aka You Can Be a Better Human—Muffled words dangle, inches from where my head lies. A voice? Sleep jumps off me. Why is there a voice?
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Two Places, One Frigid, One Balmy
One frigid, one balmy. A reading from an interview on favorite places and more with London-based travel writer Tom Fish.
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Dude, Where's Your Car?
The desert’s a trickster, the sun a perfect foil. In truth, desert needs nightfall to disappear something as small as a car like the fancy rigs to our…
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When Holly Met Ruby
Listen now | I’m about to cross the bridge over Coos Bay on bicycle. After that, another 130 miles. All the time, I'm eyeing the lure of a red van, just…
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The Tao of Poo
A manager who smiles with his mouth ushers me into a parallel universe that hides in plain sight at many highway gas stations across the US.
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Who I Met on a Path in the Woods Alone
The slim path is about to turn in toward jack pine forest. Over the edge, the lake is an aqua shimmer. A crow flies on silent wings into the sun. I…
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One Man's Repot Lot
I’ve just turned the kettle on for tea when a knock sounds on the van’s side barn doors. I tense for an unpleasant exchange. The pandemic has changed…
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Leather for Rubber
5x5 with Megan Okkerse on Walking the Camino de Santiago and Rolling in Vanlife
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Solitude & Community on the Road & on the Page
Out on the road, especially during the early years of COVID, solitude was an unexpected gift.
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No Room in the Forest
“Do you carry a gun?” It’s not the first time a man has asked me how I plan to defend myself.
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