Blog Updates and inspiration

You don’t know Mexico. I’m starting to think life is a series of realizations that the clichés you hear as a kid are true and unknowable until you see their truth in your own life. The one that has been the theme of my trip so far is that you ‘can’t trust the media.’ The […]

I am now more than two months into my trip from Oregon to Patagonia, a full month into Mexico. We made it down the Baja peninsula but not without pain. The stretches of desert without towns or villages or visible life were emotionally exhausting. The heat and stress for water and food were not the […]

This is my first of many updates I am writing for the Invisible Children community about my bike trip from Oregon to Patagonia. This organization is about celebrating and defending the common humanity of us all, specifically focusing on defending the lives of children and families caught in war in central and East Africa. But […]

Learning to ride a bike is a classic experience of childhood. Wobbling down the sidewalk without training wheels, learning to balance. Finally, you are allowed to ride your bike to a friend’s house, or up to the gas station to buy candy and you fly along the street, the wind in your hair, unstoppable. It’s […]