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  • Departure Log 1: At Era’s End – Brookings, SD

    Departure Log 1: At Era’s End – Brookings, SD OCTOBER 20 – 27, 2022 “Rivers and Roads” – The Head and The Heart, 2011 I’m finally here. After two long years of working, planning and dreaming, I’m on the first… Continue reading

    Departure Log 1: At Era’s End – Brookings, SD
  • The Grandest Tour

    The Grandest Tour “Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 1967” – John Mayer, 2012 *provided by my father, pre-Walie era This draft has been sitting in my folder for some time now, but it’s another thing I get asked a lot… Continue reading

    The Grandest Tour
  • How and What I Eat

    How and What I Eat “Running on Empty” – Jackson Browne, 1978 *I list a few products, but I’m not sponsored by any of them. I’m just listing what I use and how it’s been working for me. It’s been… Continue reading

    How and What I Eat
  • The Trouble of Money

    The Trouble of Money “Boots Boy” – Langhorne Slim, 2009 The question I get asked most about my van journey is my least favorite–what about money? What are you doing for work? How will you support yourself? It’s valid. But… Continue reading

    The Trouble of Money
  • My Walden (Walie for Short)

    My Walden: Walie for Short “Guaranteed” – Eddie Vedder, 2007 175 years ago, Henry David Thoreau walked up to society, at the sunrise of modern technology, the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, and turned the other way. Instead of taking… Continue reading

    My Walden (Walie for Short)
  • Listen Like Grandma

    Listen Like Grandma Driveway Melody – Rayland Baxter, 2012 There’s this phrase that goes, “God gave you one mouth and two ears so you could listen twice as much as you talk.” People talk a lot more than they listen,… Continue reading

    Listen Like Grandma
  • The Hamilton Algorithm

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    The Hamilton Algorithm