Links to serialized stories on the blog:
Oregon, I love you – June 2012 – road trip and camping in Central Oregon – Oregon Trail and a Change of Plans, Writing Retreat in Bend, Cascade Lakes Byway, North of Bend, Lava Butte, Painted Hills, Oregon
West Texas Interlude road trip - March 2012 - people and places from the research road trip for my non-fiction book: Headed West, Monahans Sandhills, Balmorhea, TX, pop. 435, Fort Davis, Texas, On the Pecos River, Water in Scorched Places, Emory Peak in the Chisos Mountains, Inspired by “Dear Photograph”
“West Texas is the Best Texas” – Oct 2010 – a travel series on a road trip through the desert of West Texas: The West Texas Idea, West Texas is the Best Texas, Pecos, Big Bend National Park Part 1 and Part 2, Books on Big Bend, Alpine and Fort Davis, Marfa, Guadalupe Mountains, White Sands, Camping Observations from West Texas
“Arctic Summer” series – June-Aug 2010 – a series of essays on my summer above the Arctic Circle in Kotzebue, Alaska: Texas to Alaska, North in the Morning, First Impressions, From The Last Light Breaking, July 4th in the Arctic Circle, Embracing Who I Am, Unfamiliar Quarters, One on the Sun, In the Kobuk Valley Pt 1, In the Kobuk Valley Pt 2, Acclimated, Berry Picking and Life, Half-Marathon Volunteers, Housesitting, Alaska to Texas
“Finishing Well” series – Jan-Feb 2010 – looking back on lessons learned in China: Finishing Well, Out of the Limelight; Desperate Times, Desperate Measures; A Few Cooking Resources; What to do with our talents; Reflecting on “If”
“Burmese Days” – Oct 2009 – a travel series on a trip through Burma: Introduction, Visa, Mandalay, Buses, The Wrong Side of the Road, Bagan, Tourism, Con Artist, Animals, Yangon, Shan Noodles, Chaung Tha, Why I Travel
“Shangri-La” series – July 2009 – stories from my visit to Tibetan areas of Yunnan: Tiger Leaping Gorge part 1, part 2, part 3, and part 4; Zhongdian part 1 and part 2; Solar Eclipse
“A Different Trip” – June 2009 – a series about traveling to Nujiang to pick up coffee seedlings and how a truck wreck changed our plans: A Different Trip, Drive to LC, The Second Day, Excerpt from DM, Nujiang part 1 and part 2, Adam’s Journey, The Only Other Casualties part 1 and part 2
“Water Splashing Festival” – April 2009 – descriptions of the Southeast Asian holiday: Water Splashing Festival, Water Splashing Past: MS, Water Splashing Past: SJ, Dragon Boat Races, Village Water Splashing
“Back-to-Back Trips” – March 2009 – a travel series on village trips along the Burma border: Back-to-Back Trips, Family Photos, Mountain March Madness, Village Noises, Detours, The Sound of Music
“Lydia’s Home” – February 2009 – stories from a trip in Yunnan to visit a friend’s family: Lydia’s Home, Sleeping Arrangements, Lydia’s Mom, Lydia’s Dad, Wendy, Little Brother, Dong Dong, Lydia’s Grandmother, The Youngest Grandchild, Shen Nong Temple, Saying Farewell
“Language Practice Trip” – posted Aug-Oct 2008 – stories from a 2007 trip to a village to practice speaking a minority language: Part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9, part 10, part 11, part 12, part 13, part 14
