My dad and I walked into Busch Stadium in St. Louis on September 4, the first time he had been in the Cardinals’ new stadium since it opened in 2006, after having talked about needing to get down there “sometime” every summer since 2007. It was about time. If my dad has one thing, it’s [...]

My friend Mick’s heart stopped working last Sunday. He died at the age of 54, not knowing that the night before, I had sat around a campfire in the desert, telling a friend, Of course you can ride a bike across the country. My friend Mick borrowed my bike trailer two years ago, hitched it [...]

When did you visit Japan? Someone at the table asked Mike during our late dinner after bouldering in Central Park last Friday. It’s funny, Mike said, I ended up in Tokyo one time in college because I went for a walk. And everyone at the table laughed. Oh, so you just walked to Japan, someone [...]