Shortly before I left for the Kansas City leg of my book tour, a second-hand email message landed in my inbox. It read: “Tell Rolf to be careful when he goes on the Walt Bodine Show. Walt is a crazy old blind man, and you never know what he’s going to do!”

Since Walt Bodine also happens to be the legendary host of Kansas City’s NPR morning talk show — a show I was … Read more »

Today was the day when, at no real choice of my own, I was forced to break one of the most basic rules of vagabonding. It was also the day that I learned (or at least was reminded of) one of the most basic tools of travel: talk to everyone, even if you’re a bit shy by nature.

As for the bit about breaking the rules of vagabonding, this was something I saw coming long … Read more »