Explorations of the Self and the Wild

Travel

  • Culture Shock

    Culture Shock

    Since I’ve been home from Ireland, people have often asked me about “culture shock”. Nearly half…

  • Finding Home Far Away

    Finding Home Far Away

    I reached into my pants pocket today and pulled out a small, hard chunk of earth …

  • To Want, To Dream, To Achieve

    To Want, To Dream, To Achieve

    It is hard to want something—I mean to really want something enough to dream it into…