5/4/24 – Washington, DC New Mexico has an average annual rainfall of about 7 inches. And it felt like most of it fell during our first week there. But when the clouds lifted as we made it to Taos, the high Northern desert revealed itself in all its quiet magnificence. Majestic mountain ranges with snow-capped … Read More »
Journeys Can Be Challenging: Episode 3 in My Account of Traveling West in a Van while Writing a Book about Psychedelics and Elderhood
4/27/24 – Taos, New Mexico After we left Big Bend and headed north, things started going south. When we crossed into New Mexico, the temperature dropped. A lot. The WiFi here is great, said the kind woman at the campground reception. It wasn’t. By a long shot. The campsite we’d reserved – the beautiful … Read More »
Serendipity, the Brain and the Heart: Episode 2 in my Account of Traveling West in a Van while Writing a Book about Psychedelics and Elderhood
This trip has been rich with natural beauty and wonder – 360 degree sunsets and a ring-side seat for the totality of the solar eclipse. But there has also been plenty of serendipity – things that caught my eye at auspicious moments, like this miniature antler and piece of hand-tooled flint. So it felt … Read More »
Many Journeys – Episode 1 in my Account of Traveling West in a Van while Writing a Book about Psychedelics and Elderhood
4/13/23 – Fort Davis, TX My partner Jim and I are traveling out West in a luxe camper van he spent three years lovingly building out. My condition for joining him was that I have the time and conditions to work on my own magnum opus – a book about psychedelics in older life. So … Read More »
Boomers, Psychedelics and Hallucinogens? What’s in a Title?
I recently published an article about Oregon’s pioneering psilocybin services program and its appeal to older adults, in the online magazine Next Avenue. As a writer, I consider addressing misunderstandings and stigma about consciousness-expanding drugs to be a big part of my job. That’s why I appreciate the opportunity to publish in this very mainstream … Read More »