So, I'm sitting here in Rusel's room on the last night of my extended stay in Saginaw, MI, where I was born and raised. I get driven down to Flint tomorrow, get on a bus to Battle Creek and then take a train to Chicago. I've had a very memorable and enjoyable time here in Saginaw, with getting to see almost everyone I wanted to and getting to do ( Read more... )

Press for "Fifty-Two Friends"

Interviewed on "Overnight America with Jon Grayson": KMOX 1120 AM St. Louis, MO - 7/24/09

Interviewed on "Books and Beyond" (conducted 5/6/09): ACBradio.org - 7/4/09

Interviewed on "Overnight America with Jon Grayson": KMOX 1120 AM St. Louis, MO - 6/15/09

Bored with his life, a Saginaw native hit the road: The ( Read more... )

Current Map of My Trip - On Week #21: Saginaw, MIMileage so far ( Read more... )

I've been posting a ton on Facebook lately with a whole slew of video: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=534779258

I'm in Marquette, Michigan and I woke up today to it snowing. I had not actually been outside when it was snowing in years (the only time on this trip was being in a bus as it snowed going through Snoqualmie Pass) so I decided to change that. I threw on my clothes and filmed myself in the snow and I put one of the videos up on Facebook. I'm ( Read more... )

I can't believe that, out of everywhere that I've gone so far, that Wisconsin would be the most adventurous so far. Since getting picked up in Minneapolis on Friday, I've been between 500-600 miles around central western WI. I gave a talk at the senior center today and then got whisked off by one of the women from there on a trek to The Devil's ( Read more... )

(The Grand Rapids stay might turn into another week in Saginaw and the second Chicago one will be easy to take care of).

2009

1. Jan. 1-7: Andrew Mort, St. Petersburg, FL

2. Jan. 8-14: Steve Deblois, Tallahassee, FL

3. Jan. 15-21: Kelly Hendrix & Sam Caldwell, Hattiesburg, MS

4. Jan. 22-28: Chad Swiatecki, Austin, TX

5. Jan. 29-Feb. 4: Rene ( Read more... )

I wish I had more time to write things on here, especially of my trip, but that's just the way it is. Things will never be the same. I just did a radio interview on 97X out of Davenport, IA. I'm doing an interview tomorrow for the American Council for the Blind at: http://www.acbradio.org, ( Read more... )

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For most of the places not confirmed, I have offers. It's now just a matter of getting everything confirmed. The only ones I really can think of right now that I need are stays in ( Read more... )