On the Move, On the Bus

One of the things I thought about this summer while traveling in Alaska was whether I should move my base up north near my grandson and his parents. I would still travel in the winter but not as far away as New Mexico. Sometimes it feels like I am on a different planet from them.…

Full-Circle Day

I hear through a sleepy haze: It is 2:30 AM. Beep beep beep. It is 2:30 AM. I press the snooze button on my talking phone alarm two times. The time is now 2:40 AM, and I wiggle myself up from the floor-level bed in the van. Shoes on. Computer and glasses tucked away in…