Tag: vandwell

Tight Ass

So back in the day, in 2004 or so, when I was married to a Microsoft guy and still had snazzy health care, I finally went to a butt specialist doctorguy to find out why it had bled and hurt every time I took a shit since I was a teenager. It had taken me… Continue reading Tight Ass

Untitled

I will be the first person to caution fantastical daydreamers that I have not chosen an easy life, and I didn’t fit myself into a van on a whim, but after over a decade of culling and evolution. Even then the transition wasn’t simple or painless. I had a couple breakthroughs the last two days:… Continue reading Untitled

15 things I’ve learned in 6 months (and counting) on the road

I’ve been on the road for over 6 months now. Here are a few tidbits I’ve learned. The single most important aspect of traveling long term in a vehicle is having a comfortable place to sleep. People as a whole are simultaneously much cooler in general, and occasionally also much more fucked in the face, than… Continue reading 15 things I’ve learned in 6 months (and counting) on the road

Adios, Austin!

Leaving with an expanded resume, a touched heart, my hands full of new helpful tech, and a head full of ideas. Also I learned that sometimes there ARE good reasons, to water dirt. Get updates at http://patreon.com/courtnee

Next up: The Bosque Village

The conversations have been had, the mutual admiration has been expressed, the values and goals are well aligned, the time is right, the action item list is soft drafted. I’ve the plane ticket and the passport renewal submitted in plenty of time (presuming no catastrophic postal issues) and am thus ready to let the population… Continue reading Next up: The Bosque Village

Belonging

I used to think I would never find a place I belonged. The lonliness filled me to the point that for a long time I didn’t even have the energy to wander anymore, looking for it, literally or figuratively. I’d talk myself out of going anywhere I felt I might find my place before the… Continue reading Belonging

Road update from Denver

Enroute to Spokane

This is going to be quick, because I’ve spent most of my limited tolerance for computer time editing images and uploading them for print. Basically, in the last few days I have discovered: It is difficult to get same-day automotive service in bumfuck, the brakes have stopped shuddering and are probably loose again (but the… Continue reading Road update from Denver