by toby | Jun 1, 2013 | Life
Nuggets of insight from the road trip May 31, 2013 I had a memory of Carson City that kept us driving past the point of comfort from Great Basin in Utah. In this memory, I was seven months pregnant with Caleb and we spent a romantic weekend in a great big Victorian B...
by toby | May 31, 2013 | Life
Wednesday May 31, 2013 The Loneliest Road and surprises I’m sitting on my folding armchair by a crispy-hot fire with my laptop open on my knees, the smell of cypress and pine all round and the sound of a rushing stream in the background, now that the birds have gone...
by toby | May 29, 2013 | Life, The Writing Life
Off the deck and into the wild: when the desert storms. Tuesday 5/28/13 When the desert storms Morning dawned gloriously but settled into overcast as Mike and I took off from Moab to find Canyonlands. We’d been under the impression both parks were close, but only...
by toby | May 28, 2013 | Life
On Walmart and Arches National Park May 27, 2013 On the road to Moab Writing while driving, the laptop open on my lap and bouncing with the rough freeway leading out of Colorado into Utah. We’re doing 75 mph, the speed limit, and the Jeep starts to levitate when it...
by toby | May 26, 2013 | Life
Off the deck and into the wild: Mesa Verde, Durango, Ouray Saturday May 25, 2013, Mesa Verde to Durango to Ouray, Colorado My good friend Loren Lapow, MSW, director of Maui Hero Project (I did my master’s internship under him in narrative adventure therapy with youth)...
by toby | May 25, 2013 | Life
Thursday May 23, 2013 Back to the desert Hiding in the AC in the Best Western overlooking the power plant above the dam of Lake Powell in Page, Arizona, where we paid extra for a “lake view” I reflect that this is all my fault. This trip is my fault. (It’s my “50th”...