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The Adventurous Life

A writer's quest to try everything once.

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What it's like to ride in the backseat of a racecar driven by a blind person

Hint: It's chaotic.

It's the first day of school and I'm weepy about a freaking doormat.

On the time that has passed and the time yet to come.

Pissing excellence is still hilarious, or what I learned being an extra in the iconic Talladega Nights victory lane scene

The movie came out 20 years ago this week.

I was a roadie for a day

It's like Tetris only with heavy stuff

The joy of rituals

A source of calm in a chaotic world

My top 5 wild animal encounter power rankings

Bats and fish and moose and eagles and deer all make the list.

Bald eagles, a love story

As our country turns 250, let's celebrate the return of this majestic creature to Missouri's skies

Don't be afraid of the dark

On the coming death of stargazing and beauty worth saving

I went on a country music cruise ... and smiled so much my face hurt

On love and loss and death and birth and sorrow and joy and rum and whiskey and, of course, dolphins

The joys of pond swimming

Turns out the cure for modern ills might be a dock, a raft and zero rules