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The Santa Fe Trail

Every week I publish a raw, longform journal entry about building a creative life: fatherhood, writing for a living, martial arts, land, money, and the road. The historic Santa Fe Trail began in Missouri and ended in New Mexico. I've now lived and written at both ends of it, and the newsletter is the running record of the trip.

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I Asked for a Life of Adventure, and That's Exactly What I Got On turning 28 Has It Really Come Down to This? Returning to Camdenton My Kansas Tour of Duty A season on the trail Land. Peace and Quiet. Freedom to Create What it is all for The Great Dying Has Started Staying planted

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The Santa Fe Trail grew out of the same material as my books, especially My Montana Map, the diary of my years as a small-town newspaper editor on the Montana plains, and Short Stories From Life Vol. 1, true stories from the road years.

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