The Journal · 2010 to 2020

Notes from the road.

I wrote from the road the entire trip. Over five thousand posts, numbered by day. Most of it stays in the vault. What belongs here is the best of it: the moments of struggle, the moments of beauty, the moments of amazement and discovery. Preserved exactly as I wrote them, typos and all.

Sep 9, 2010 The Day a Piano Fell on My Hand New York City May 29, 2011 The Night I Got Robbed by an Oxycontin Addict Albuquerque, NM Jun 30, 2011 Day 89: Playing Piano Inside a Redwood Tree Prairie Creek, CA Jul 11 to 15, 2011 Day 100 Oregon to Seattle Jul 12, 2011 The Blind Piano Tuner in Seattle Seattle, WA Aug 28 to Sep 6, 2011 One Night, I Had Drinks with a Man Who Had Millions of Dollars Chicago · one week Sep 8, 2011 My 3rd Day Home Long Island, NY Jun 24, 2012 Played Piano in the Rain for the First Time Governors Ball, NYC Jan 30, 2013 The $2 Roadtrip: The Northeast & Canada 31 days · 3,600 miles Mar 19, 2013 Enough. El Salvador Apr 4, 2013 No Bank Account, No Credit Cards. Here Is My Plan. Granada, Nicaragua Sep 23, 2013 Things You Missed at Burning Man 2013 Black Rock City Nov 27, 2013 How I Got Robbed of All My Things in Central America Nicaragua Nov 24, 2015 Piano on the Edge of a Cliff in Canyonlands, Utah film Jan 9, 2016 Playing Piano on the Brooklyn Bridge New York City · film Feb 11, 2016 Exploring the Culture and Life in Argentina Buenos Aires · film Jul 12, 2016 Spontaneous Street Piano and Violin Duet in NYC with Ada Pasternak May 9, 2020 Download the New Album Studio Sessions
Field notes

Not moments, lessons. What the road taught me, written while it was teaching me.

Jan 2, 2014 Should I Quit My Job? When Is It Time to Change? Essay Feb 16, 2016 10 Tools I Use to Make Money While Traveling the World Resources

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