On the road my Macbook laptop is a photo editor, video assistant, digital databank, my global communication link to the world, and the only way I can call me mom. Two weeks ago. My little computer shut off and never turned back on. What happened next was nothing short of an epiphany.

Ok, so this post is either going to be very well received, or I’m going to get in some serious trouble. Those who know me, know I speak a lot about community, connectedness and getting people together—true? Since I’m thousands of miles away from some of you (and right next door to others), in the name of connectedness, I am going to try something. With the launch of this website, I’ve been getting a lot of emails with updates on the whereabouts of friends new and old. It has been really fun to hear where people are at. And I figure, since we’re all friends—the common characteristic being that you’ve all put up with my stories then and again—I’ll help you all keep track of each other. So, below is a brief summary on the whereabouts of many of you who have sent me any substantial update, I hope I got everyone.

Please take a few seconds, and go vote for Mike Brooks and The 10,000 Hours Show for The Volvo For Life Awards. Feb 4th is the deadline.

After five months into a two year trip around-the-world, I am exceptionally happy to report that I am in fact alive and doing well. My first promise of 2007.

After three years of researching, planning, and scheming, and after three weeks of selling, packing, cleaning, and goodbyes, I closed one chapter in my life to begin another, as I set off in an attempt to travel around-the-world in two years…I drove out of Iowa City headed Westward on Interstate 80—knowing the next time I came to Iowa it would be from the East.