Jun 625 min read
Origin Stories and Andean Viagra: The Final Push in Bolivia and Peru
Here I sit in my favorite place: the airport lounge, surrounded by unlimited food and drink. I've just finished my third piece of...
May 1617 min read
Big Humongous News! Plus a flat-tire frolic and the significance of Louisiana soup: Chile and Argentina
First: Hey! I got a thing published! If you’ve gotten roped into a conversation with me in the past few months, I probably brought up the...
Apr 1219 min read
4 Reunions, 4 Reflections: A month in Honduras and Colombia
Waah, waah, you say. That’s you, weeping. Where's the blog?? Alright, I know. I’m pretty far behind. I meant to write this at an earlier...
Feb 1919 min read
Hippie Island, Anatomy of a Bike Ride, and Backflips: 2 Weeks in Nicaragua
There I was, standing on the bow of the ferry, wind threatening to rip off my baby blue El Salvador hat, traveling across the largest...
Feb 221 min read
Shrek Lessons, Mood Swings, and Sprinting Down the Volcano: 3 Weeks in El Salvador
A note: Chronology is the sequencing of time. Chronometry is the measurement of time. (Cosmetology is the lady that does my toes.) This...
Dec 18, 202324 min read
Lava, Locos, and Lakeside Disaster: Near-death and adventure, one month in Guatemala
It's 9 pm and the creatures are out and about at the one and only bar in Jaibalito -- a tiny village on the shores of Lake Atitlán,...
Nov 21, 202323 min read
Revolution, Coca Cola, Outdoor Adventures, and Quantifiable Decay; The Final Push in Ol' Mexico
Research, for science Like a clown after the last circus show, like an emo singer after the farewell concert, I looked myself in the...
