The headlines are apocalyptic. Delta disaster, insurrection, mask mandate madness, and perhaps the worst — children contracting Covid. I haven’t even included climate change that is worsening and gun violence that is escalating. I feel helpless. This daily parade of horror includes hurling insults, pithy one-liners, pointing fingers, and brazen…

I watched the movie Nomadland. It won an Oscar for reasons that escape me. Frances McDormand won the best actress award for obvious reasons. The movie seems to want to pair the romanticism of travel with the gritty underbelly of economic woes. …

We’re in a precarious position as a country, halfway between pandemic dystopia and recovery utopia. Consider that January 21, 2021, was an immense political pivot point that created a vacuum. For 81 million people it was the culmination of overcoming a brutal political reign of gaslighting and decisions that were…

In August 2020 I got off the road of full-time RV travel and found shelter in a senior citizen apartment complex. I am grateful such things exist because it is the only place where I could afford to live alone in one of the highest-cost housing markets in the country…

Immediate gratification is our national obsession and it has come home to roost. We want to be “over” this pandemic and be able to do whatever we want whenever we want. Unfortunately, the virus doesn’t care what we want. We are selfish people. We want it now and anyone who…

I live the life of wanderlust, a traveler who comes and goes as she pleases. Except now — when a biologic virus upends the world and forces everyone inside. I’m parked, for the duration. I’m at risk, and my lust for travel does not exceed my lust for living. …

Today is like a hurricane in a snowstorm. I can’t see what’s out there but I’m told something awful is coming. I need to see the other side of this. What will we carry into the post-corona world that we will pass on for generations? I’ve learned how to DIY…

Everyone I talk to says the same thing. Everything is so uncertain. I don’t know what will happen and I’m anxious. I can’t make plans. All my plans are falling through. What will happen? Humans are planners because we like to identify patterns and make things mean something. Because of…

The term “vulnerable” is used daily now and represents all types of people who seem to be more susceptible to developing life-threatening conditions with covid-19 than the general population. Who are they? The elderly are the first group — some say over 70, some say over 60. People with underlying…