Here’s a quick look back while asking for your responses. Also, another look forward. We’ll be in California through April 3, and I’m excited about spring and the lush green hills and flowing waters.
One of the best things about these long trips is stockpiling stories. It is impossible to keep up with all our experiences as they happen, so gathering stories gives good grist for the months we’ll be home. That makes these long trips the gift that keeps giving. I find comfort in knowing I will continue writing stories about people and places across America. Putting words to experiences memorializes them, and that’s more important to me on this coddiwomple than our other cross-country odyssey. That has to do with age—particularly Samwise’s age. He’s nine now, and I go to lengths to offer him a continued rewarding life while also limiting the intensity …
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