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”...
by toby | May 22, 2013 | Life
When Facebook friends meet in a ghost town in Utah. Wednesday May 22, 2013 Two weeks. Two weeks is how long it took for me to forget how to put on makeup. Today was our “mellow day”—all we had planned was a scenic couple-of-hour-roundtrip drive up to Kolob Reservoir...