So, I know this isn’t my best writing. It’s 5AM and I’m braindead. Sorry. I was just starting to think I’d missed the road when I found it. I’d been driving north and everything was blurring into itself. The long stretches of snow and scrubby spruce can run together so that you can’t remember if… Continue reading I'm in the coolest place right now
Category: Van Living
Driving North
North, south, north, I’m starting to get dizzy! So I drove north a little yesterday, stopped and worked at my favorite little titty bar in the whole state (where the money/bullshit ratio has totally righted itself) and made a suprising chunk of change in a couple hours. Now I’m in little Amerikkka and I can’t… Continue reading Driving North
Best Present Ever
Dear Tara, Enclosed is a present that will not take up too much space in your van… A NAPA Gift Certificate! Woohoo!
Breaking Eggs
I drive north through the mountains in the dark, as usual. The sky goes up a million years, and the stars I see reflections of snow and chickweed. The road is long and curvy, and Bro curls up tiny in my lap. I want to drive these roads forever. I want to leave these roads… Continue reading Breaking Eggs
We arrive with a full social calendar
As Hat-ma and I drove south we both dug out all the customer phone numbers we had from down here and called to let them know we were on our way. Hat-ma and Tara are coming back! One night only! It sounded like there’d only been one dancer for a few weeks, so we were… Continue reading We arrive with a full social calendar
Driving South: Day Two
Having been so rudely awakened and conived my way out of a snow bank, I drive on to the big scary city. Little Amerikkka, some people call it, or a chunk of Seattle that just broke off and floated up here. It’s the most unAlaskan place in Alaska. I stop before I get there and… Continue reading Driving South: Day Two
Misadventure
South through the mountains. Three AM dark so that when you look up you think you’re seeing strange clouds and it takes a while to realize they’re really snowy mountains all around you. I could drive through this country forever, but when the road starts to blur into something imagined I find a flat spot… Continue reading Misadventure
…and I love your dark
It’s two AM and I am having a feast in a big, empty mansion. My patchwork bag of food is spilling open on the sterile granite counter top, a grapefruit venturing out across the grey expanse. I boost myself up to sit next to the food. My faded blue jeans are a colored echo of… Continue reading …and I love your dark
Winter Van Dwelling: Food and Water
Water is so important. Water is the giver of all life, and your water is going to freeze. If it’s warmer than ten above and you run your van to the point of toasty warmness 2 – 4 times a day and keep your water up off the floor it might stay liquid. As soon… Continue reading Winter Van Dwelling: Food and Water
Winter Van Dwelling: Electronics
There’s a trick to keeping your cell phone and laptop alive and well in subzero temperatures. A few tricks, actually. Your stuff is probably fine with the normal intermittant warming that happens in your van when you drive around a couple times a day down to about ten above. Around zero degrees, just an your… Continue reading Winter Van Dwelling: Electronics