Hi Friends, In less than one week, on May 11th, I'll be on my way back to Denver for the second part of my Stiff Persons medical trial. ...

When I last wrote, I'd arrived home in Belfast, Maine, but the traveling, medical tests, pollens that gave me allergies and finally the...

Why do I feel so bad? At the end of my last blog, I felt pretty lousy. Monday, I decided to stay in the hotel to head off whatever might...

The Stream of Results Begin After the barrage of tests I went through over the past two days, I was ready to relax and have some fun with...

The Site of the CAR-T Trial The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is the largest academic health center in the Rocky...

First A Day of Rest and Pampering by My Friend Monica After a sound night of rest, I woke up Monday morning with very stiff leg muscles....

Eager to travel The first day of my participation in a medical trial to evaluate a new therapy for treating Stiff Persons Syndrome began...

Every serious writer knows by reading well-written books, they can improve their own skills as an author. I consciously try to make time...

A mesmerizing show of red fireworks celebrates the exciting opportunities that lie ahead. The only reason I look forward to the New Year...

Islamabad Pakistan - 1984 Two days after I arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan in 1983, the kind couple assigned by USAID as my sponsors...

And so is my second book Becoming Amazed: Discovering the World with Eyes Wide Open ! I'm expecting it to be available on Amazon and...

Those of you who have read my book Becoming Fearless: Finding Courage in the African Wilderness know I left Tanzania with a great...

WHY? - Soon after I released my print and ebook versions of Becoming Fearless: Finding Courage in the African Wilderness, several readers...

Just in time for Valentine's Day, I'm excited to announce that 12 Willows Press selected one of my essays to be included in their...

Eye Opener Press wanted to hear from Brenda Smith about her first experience at a book fair. We recently caught up with her and here's...

On October 31st, Kristin Frangoulis, host of Belfast Alive, interviewed me about my book Becoming Fearless: Finding Courage in the...

We are running a Goodreads giveaway of 100 free copies of my ebook Becoming Fearless: Finding Courage in the African wilderness. The...

On November 2nd, adventure traveler extraordinaire, Richard Bangs, my former boss at Sobek Expeditions, joined me for a Zoom meeting with...

I worked with Richard Bangs, a founder and CEO of Sobek Expeditions in the early 1980s. By then, he'd already led a dozen first descents...

Recently, I interviewed Heather Howard, Director of Marketing for MT Sobek, the adventure travel company where I worked when I went on my...