Ten years ago, I hit rock bottom for about the tenth time. I was battling depression and an addiction to psychiatric medications. I barely had enough money to pay next month’s rent. With nowhere to turn, I, an adventure writer by profession and at heart, decided the only option I had was to hit the […]
When I moved to Austin, Texas, from Boulder, Colorado, last year, it took me about three hours to discover and fall in love with Barton Springs Pool, an old-school, thousand-foot-long, three-acre public pool built in 1932 and fed by cool, underground springs. Most summer mornings, after I finish my coffee, I arrive at The Springs […]
This month, I’m wrapping up final revisions on my forthcoming memoir, Into the Soul of the World: My Journey to Healing, published by Hachette Books in March of 2023. (You can pre-order a copy now on Amazon.) The book tells how I became a successful freelance adventure and political journalist. How my life fell apart due to […]
