Lauren LaRoccaSep 15, 20192 minRoad withdrawal and readjustmentNothing about going east felt right, ever since I left the Pacific Coast, so I gave in to my intuition and came back to New Mexico.
Lauren LaRoccaAug 26, 20195 minReality is fragile: From Central Valley to Napa Valley Leaving Yosemite for the Central Valley, one downhill road in particular was so steep, I thought I might accidentally drive off a cliff.
Lauren LaRoccaAug 22, 20195 minI thought I’d be camping in the Sierra Nevadas all week, but instead I’m in some motel in the ghettoThe irony was that when I was at one of the biggest wilderness areas in the country, there was no where to camp.
Lauren LaRoccaJul 31, 20195 minArizona: From cactus to creosote to a casita of my own There I was in my little tent, next to a saguaro that must've been 150 years old. It stood like a guardian, watching over me that night.
Lauren LaRoccaJul 27, 20195 minInterlude: Silence, speaking, and tears There is so much silence, so many days and weeks filled with its lush richness, that I begin to notice how frivolous people are with words.
Lauren LaRoccaJul 26, 20195 minMagical place, magical people: Meeting Marcia and Guy Wood in Angel Fire I was on my way to the home of Marcia and Guy Wood, lifelong journalists who came to live in Angel Fire about 35 years ago.
Lauren LaRoccaJul 24, 20196 minNew Mexico is my spiritual homePeople are put on your path for a reason, and if you understand the reason and embrace it, you’ll meet more people who you’re meant to meet.
Lauren LaRoccaJul 12, 20194 minInterlude: This is an experimentI keep wondering if this whole experiment is just a pipe dream realized for a short time before it gives way to the standard American life.
Lauren LaRoccaJul 5, 20193 minLife accelerated Life on the road is accelerated, a tightly-bound series of vignettes, strung together within a matter of weeks.