Journals of Journeys Substack Page
Yellowstone Log
my first solo trip
A journal of my first solo trip at age 16 to Yellowstone National Park. I hitched and bussed there with a giant yellow backpack. I returned to Minnesota with nothing. All did not go well.
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Selling My First Book
and the crazy next day
Stephen Roxburgh, owner and editor at Front Street Book's, published my first book Classroom at the End of the Hall. Great imprint. The book went on to win a record reprint amount from Scholastic for a first time author. Exciting times. The story about those heady few days was bazaar. Read about it here.
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A First Thanksgiving
when I first saw the sea
The story of my first Thanksgiving away from home when I first saw the ocean on a rainy Oregon morning.
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Daffodils
growing up in Gates Mills
The story of growing up in the wonderful village of Gates Mills, Ohio, attending Gates Mills School, and exploring the woods behind my house filled with fields of daffodils.
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The Last Time I Truly Laughed
meeting J
The story of sitting in the best royal seats at the Royal Court Theatre, an odd tour of the unfinished Globe Theatre, and nonstop laughter at the National Theatre, all with J, the most wonderful Finnish actress.
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The Turkish Prison
my first trip abroad
The story of touring Europe as a nervous first-time traveler and ending up at a prison in Adana, Turkey where I smuggled in cash to two American women.
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Across the Soviet Union
a strange encounter in Moscow and the Trans-Siberian Railroad
The story of my trip from Finland to Moscow to Japan by train and sitting alone in the empty Tchaikovsky Concert Hall listening to a guy play a Mozart piano sonata on the grand stage, all during Soviet Union era.
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