On The Road

"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined." - Henry David Thoreau In December 2016, I left my apartment in San Francisco, to live a nomadic lifestyle.

On The Road: Small Towns In California

Small towns are so cute. Not only that, they are often the subject of songs, movies and books. Small town mysteries. Love affairs on sweltering summer nights. Young girls among the golden fields of corn, dreaming of a life of stardom. Etc. Also, just really cute. I could go on, but here is one I...

You Should Travel So You’re Not Such A Control Freak

“In life nothing is permanent, nothing can be permanent. It is not within your hands to make anything permanent. Only dead things can be permanent. The more living a thing is, the more fleeting.” -Osho In the last year, I have traveled the United States and lived in California, Arizona, Utah, Illinois and New Hampshire....

Painting: Fox Love

"When you arise in the morning, think what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love." - Marcus Aurelius  

Elusive Inspiration

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." - Lao Tzu Artistic stagnation! Winter by the ocean. For months, I was in creative flow. Constantly inspired by nature around me; the ever-changing ocean and sky, surrounded and inspired by the abundant local artists and their art, galleries on every street corner. Then January arrived and...

Painting: Little Bird

"Just living is not enough...one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower." - Hans Christian Andersen

Do You Need Variety Or Certainty?

“My job is so stressful, I developed an eye twitch,” said the woman next to me at the bar. She was dressed expensively- gold jewelry and high heels. She worked in the city of San Diego, commuted an hour, and now sat at the bar with a much needed glass of wine. It was April...

Postcards From Roadside America

Driving across the country and back is the ultimate road trip. Or, at the very least, the longest. You better have some good music with you, and a couple gallons of water. After 6,000 miles of mostly interstate highways, you will soon know every rest stop and gas station in America. You might have a...

Painting: The Frog Goddess

"Take hold of your own life. See that the whole existence is celebrating. These trees are not serious, these birds are not serious. The rivers and the oceans are wild, and everywhere there is fun, everywhere there is joy and delight. Watch existence, listen to the existence and become part of it." – OSHO

A Week Alone In Paris

My first solo-travel experience was an accident. I was twenty-years old and I had never left the country before. I'd never really traveled and I knew very little about the world. Really, I didn't even know much about how to be a human. Yet! Being a human takes practice. Back then, I never would have...