San Francisco, CA to Trempealeau, WI; Condensed

Left SF around 9p. Took bus to Emeryville, twenty minutes away. Waited two hours for train. Left at 11.30p. Slept three hours. Woke up around 5.45a somewhere in Northern California. Arrived in Klamath Falls, OR around 9.30a. Waited two hours for bus. Left Klamath Falls by 11.30a. Snow chain broke at 1p. Chains were replaced [...]

What Will Be And What Has Been

The past week has gone by incredibly fast. Some night this previous week, friends of Melinda’s came to town. I met Jenn, Brandon and Matt. Jenn was born forty years too late. Her old soul would have lived in Golden Gate Park with flowers in her hair, covered in filth and loving every minute of [...]

Thanks, But No Thanks

I was hoping for a great realization about how I feel in regards to graduating. It did not come. Instead, graduation seems like a petty insignificance to the whole. Do not get me wrong. I enjoyed my grad party and the graduation ceremony immensely but graduation, per se, does little to make me feel like [...]

Stowaway on the Train of Thought

Even after walking ceremoniously down the hall, passing well-known friends who shake your hand and give you a pat on the back and say “Good luck, man”, the fact that I am done with high school has not quite yet registered in my head. Four days until graduation feels like six weeks left of school. [...]

Beyond the Black and White

Today was large group contest for many area middle and high school band and choirs. The choir performance was amazing. The adjudicator said that we were the first choir of the day (and we performed late in the day) that moved his heart. He also said he had no criticisms, which I found very hard [...]