A van by the river
Living out of a van for four months. Not your idea of a dream vacation? It’s actually all that and more. The van is our…
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21 Days
When #relayofvoices started, there were two projects, or two ideas. One, to run home down the Mississippi River, and two, to work on getting outside of my…
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What is this all about?
Answer No. 1 Barak Obama’s outgoing call to our nation was to throw ourselves into citizenship. That is what I plan to do, and I…
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Seasonal EFFECTIVE Disorder
I believe winter has truly come. Temperatures have dipped well below zero in Chicago and the Twin Cities, and even my parents are burning logs…
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Rehearsing Relay
Over the past six months, I’ve traveled down the river and met not only hundreds of amazing river people, but perhaps most importantly, I met…
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We are moving. We are dancing.
Today’s performance at #TEDxQuincy was awesome! So many thanks to A House Unbuilt company members for making this come together so seamlessly and my support system at…
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Long overdue: last long run
It’s official. The Advance Tour for #relayofvoices #thegreatriverrun is in it’s last 24 hours. A storm has been making it’s way inland from just off the coast, thwarting…
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How the Back Porch Sits
This past Wednesday, around 3:30pm, I headed out from Chicago toward a downstate gem—Quincy, IL. I had been invited to attend the Mississippi River Parkway Commission (MRPC)…
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The journey starts now
This blog is so overdue. I’ve been meaning to write something, even the start of something since last Wednesday when I was driving from work…