I’m having a “Life Sucks” day. My fibromyalgia kicked in because I worked out too hard this week. So I am in too much pain to put clothes on today, let alone work out. I did go to the gym and take a 45 minute sauna and 20 minute hot shower. It helped some. Now I can actually sit at the computer.
My fibro/CFS induced brain fog is still intact - making it hard to think, and my back is in non-stop spasms from too many reverse crunches and back work. …

The “Stay Hungry” ebook is finally here! Only $5 for 44-pages of photos and story you can’t get in the magazine articles or blog posts - including photos of my father at the last family reunion, seven months before he passed away; photos of the inside of the van after 2009 remodeling.
The past two years have been a tremendous time for personal growth for me - not always reflected in this blog, but often touched on in many of my posts. There have been more and more opportunities …

Many of you may have read my essay on Salon.com. I know so because a couple of you wrote me and expressed an interest in what the van looked like. Well, here she is. In her finer days - like back in 2009, she cleaned up well. But in two years she’s gone downhill. The defroster doesn’t work. The brakes need replacing and there’s about $800 worth of work that needs to be done to get her on the road again. It’s still a comfortable place for me - more …

In 2006 I was living in my van in a Walmart parking lot in Denver, Colorado. The Highlands Ranch Walmart if you want specifics. Highlands Ranch is the upscale snooty rich neighborhood of Denver - on the south side. I drove past a Rolls-Royce dealer on my way to the dog-park to let my dog run every morning. And other than Pannera Bread and the fast-food places, there weren’t a lot of restaurants where I could even afford a cup of coffee, let alone a meal. I appreciated the wealth …