So I find this old tobacco drying shed on the former tobacco farm where I am WWOOFing as Farm 1 (of 6) while traveling via bikes, buses and trains Round America with a Duck. I discover some interesting info — hope-filled, even — to share with you about the future of some of these farms…
Moo-ving forward!
So my hands are cold right now as I right this. The propane heater in the trailer didn’t work right last night and so I slept without it. The cows, sounding like chainsaws, moo-ed most of the night, a sound I expect I’ll get used to. One just walked by my window now. Hi, cow!…
Wait, there were other ducks?
Before there was Round America with a Duck, there was Slow Duck Crossing. This may seem like just a simple sign on a dirt road, but it has become so, so much more to me (and, in all honesty, Round America with a Duck would not even be happening if Slow Duck Crossing hadn’t happened first — trust the journey). I even…
Cover crops
I have pounds of them left, the cover crop seeds for legumes and grains and greens and deep-digging Daikon radishes. The plants they grow are not only beautiful but they also scavenge for nutrients, convert nitrogen from the air into a form usable by plants, build organic matter, aerate the soil, and improve soil tilth…
5 things I did to prepare to WWOOF across the USA
Here are 2 minutes of tips from my last seven months of preparation, in case it is something which you are interested in doing as well (or whatever your goal is — just take the next step forward). I leave Monday for my 7,000-mile trip across the USA via bikes, buses, trains and WWOOFing on…
There are lots of ways to live a life
So I got to talking with my friend Donna. Eight years ago, she dropped her son off at college . . . and then just kept going. She lived out of her car for a year while volunteering all over the United States — tending trails on public land, staffing gift shops, leading teams and…
You are enough
So I bought a sweatshirt I saw on TikTok that I thought would be great to wear while traveling Round America with a Duck, specifically during the many bus and train trips. Lots of line-standing and midnight transfers ahead of me! Why not spread positive messages with people with whom I share space and time…
March forth!
It’s March 4, team. And for me, that’s my annual day to march forth. You know, do something different. Outside-the-box. New. Pursue some dream even when (or maybe even especially when) others don’t always believe in you. In fact, today was the day we (Disco and I) intended to start our Round America with a…
Whittling
For years (while it was still there), this was my fave piece of art in the Folk Art section at the High Museum in Atlanta, which I visit often (via train and bike). It was large, enclosed in glass, and had moving parts. Next to it, there was an accompanying video interview with the self-taught…
Have a ducky day! (March newsletter)
And so it begins “I got my peaches out in Georgia,” sings Justin Bieber, and I realize we won’t see the peaches here this year. We’re almost done packing to leave our Georgia home, and the peach trees are not yet flowering. It’ll be more than five months until we get to the next line in…
Round America with a Duck 