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 …

(this lengthy post is a story, an amazing, never ceases to stun me sequence of events in my life, true story)
(Okay, that’s me 30 pounds ago - I LOST the 30) leaning over to shake author and TED Global Speaker Dan Pink’s hand after my TED talk in Oxford, England in 2009.)
Never say never because HOPE ALWAYS FINDS A WAY.
By that I mean never say miracles never happen. Never say “It won’t get better.” Miracles happen and it does get better. And yes, “Hope does find a way.”
Three years before …

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 …

I’m sitting in my temporary office (a local public library), and thanking God for free wifi. I’m back on the road, back in the van, and pretty much glad for spring. The weather is great, the air fresh and the nights cool. And, I’m finally able to focus on my book, as well as some new writing.
If you didn’t know already, I’m now blogging for Change.org about homeless issues. My first post should be up sometime today or tomorrow. And, I’m now a part-time contributor to Airstream Life Magazine.
Next week …

Why be average? It’s what I respond when people ask me why I can’t “be normal” and just live in a house like anyone else. “Why can’t you be normal?” Well, isn’t it more helpful to say, “Why be average?” That’s what “normal” is after all - AVERAGE. If you like being average - be normal.
I drive a white van right now. It “blends,” and doesn’t attract attention. I hate the whiteness and blandness of it. I’d rather paint a wrap around mural on it, but the trade-off is …