Journal

Why I Keep Writing How one comment reminded me why I keep writing is not a grand story, but it is a deeply human one. The truth is, most days I wonder if the words I share reach anyone at all. We post, we publish, and we hope. Then, out of the blue, a stranger’s … Read more

The Compassion Deficit is a mile-marker on our shared road, August 18, 2025, a reminder that grace grows in small choices that anyone can make. The Compassion Deficit is not just a headline. It is what I see on the road, in grocery lines, online threads, and in the way we hurry past one another … Read more

He Followed Me Everywhere is a quiet cross-country tale about presence, healing, and the love that never leaves… A reminder that some friendships don’t fade, they just shift frequencies. I was doing afternoon drive at a country station in San Diego when he first tuned in back in the mid-90s, when radio still felt like … Read more

The Prayer at the Edge of the Counter is a quiet plea for kindness in a busy diner, August 9, 2025, a reminder that small gestures can answer bigger prayers. She didn’t know me. Didn’t care to. I was just a solo man at the counter, asking for a cup of coffee and a glass … Read more

The Road Curves Toward Others is a Route 66 story about pausing your own plans to help a stranger, and the grace found in small roadside moments. I have to be honest, I really wasn’t feeling generous that day. Somewhere along Route 66, somewhere between the playlists and the prayers, I had slipped into my … Read more

The Freezer Light Still Worked is a Route 66 story about finding quiet resilience in unexpected places, even when life feels half-empty. Some days stretch long and flat, like the road outside Kingman, sun-baked and stuck in place. That was me, pulled off the highway into an old roadside market, the kind with creaky wood … Read more

Sing Like Nobody’s Listening is a Winslow, AZ moment that invites you to lean into joy even when strangers are watching. Mary and I had been on the road for hours — no real schedule, just that kind of long-haul wandering that feels sacred without trying too hard. We rolled into town like thousands of … Read more

The Mohawk Moment is a Route 66 story about finding history and quiet meaning at the abandoned Mohawk Gas Station in Oro Grande, California. Years ago, on one of my “I’m off for a drive” days I had the Mohawk Moment. I left I-15 to catch the old Route 66 alignment near Victorville. I was … Read more

Coffee, Grief, and Clean Sheets is a quiet Route 66 motel story about small comforts that bring grace on hard days — clean linens, bad coffee, and a door that locks. I checked into a little roadside motel years ago. I remember it clearly — the kind of place where the front desk is also … Read more

The Sky Was Doing Its Thing Again is a Route 66 journal entry about an unexpected moment outside a truck stop, where a child’s wonder pulled me out of my phone and into the sky’s quiet show. I was parked outside a Love’s Travel Stop, half-running on caffeine and half-hoping I’d remembered to lock the … Read more