STILL NOT SURE WHERE I AM

Look, all i know is that i left sunny southern california exactly one week ago. I remember breaking my carbon fast and walking onto an airliner thanks to the $200 voucher i had that needed to be used up. And there i was, looking down on the very road i had pedaled the week before. How could this be? Like some astronaut gliding in a silver bullet above the eroded coastline. Where was this jet powered coffin streaking off to? Were people on the ground looking up and seeing one of those long white lines in the air? Soon i fell asleep and before i could dream of a place far away, it all came bumping down and i was indeed in a place far away. It just didn't seem fair. 12 days of hard ass pedaling (need to get that electric motor), and with the flick of a voucher i had traveled the distance it would have taken 25 days to pedal. Ah the strange world of being a hobo with a viable credit card. Seems to me most hobos are out digging around just for a little food. I have plenty of that and so can concentrate on bigger things, like what to draw next and ah...finding the SECRET TO LIFE type stuff. Fun. So off the plane i stumbled, only to find the ground transportations out of order because of hella snow falls. Sleeping in the airport isn't so bad. Just find a quiet corner, use your down jacket as a pillow and rack up snore time. Beware of raucous soldiers returning from Iraq though. They're the loud ones with the cammo backpacks. Thanks for your service guys, but can't ya see the hobo trying to get a little shut down time here? The following days were also like a dream. I saw snow. And rivers. And deer. Not sure where i was, but definently had to get the old winter duds on. Now i can smell coffee. And there's people in a long line, craving the bean. Me? I'm just getting high taking deep breaths and drawing all that i see. It's a good day already and it's gonnna be a better week and a damn awesome month. So until the next time i find an electronic thought conveyor, it's see ya all later. And remember you can be FREE. All you gotta do is follow your heart to the very end. HOBO

Comments

[deborah]

hey dan, did you get my order for the past issues of the chronicles...I sent it via your email. let me know, I can resend it...deb....happy trails!

[dan price]

Please sent all orders thru the mail to Box 109, Joseph, OR 97846. thanks. dp

[deborah]

thanks, cks in the mail.....

[mhunnicutt]

Been immersed in my most recent batch of Moonlight Chronicles, received last week. Lots to read and think about. Thanks, Dan.

[deborah]

dan...got my five issues today..I really like this format...thanks

[Lainey]

Hi Dan, I see you're traveling again. I love reading about it. Lately I've been melancholy, wondering what life is about. My favorite thing to do is take pictures here and there, and wondered if I could make a career of it. But now with all these photographers being pumped out of these specialty schools, and the influx of digital, I wonder if I could even begin to do what I love. And it isn't just that I want to sell some portraits to people. I want to do my own thing, my own photos, and sell them. no money in that. I love reading how you make a living off your art. I also read Danny Gregory's blog. I guess i just gave up on living the artist dream. Keep up the blog. I love it.

[dan price]

wow. sounds like you are letting your dream go by. that is a dangerous thing to do. persue what you love, always. never give up! HOBO

[Mary]

Are you familiar with No Impact Man - http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/? He did a net-zero carbon footprint project for a year which ended last fall. Your project reminds me of his - He has a lot of interesting ideas and so do his readers.

[Katrien]

Dan! My check to you bounced (for MC). I'M SO SORRY! This is the fastest way I can let you know - though you probably know already :( I hope you didn't get charged, if so let me know and I'll pay you back. I'll send a new good check soon. Aaargh!