by David Howell | Jan 5, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness, USA
In November, John Oliver did a tribute to 2016. At the end of the video, he blows up a big “2016” display as a way of giving an end to what was last year. The clip left a bad taste in my mouth. It’s too easy to dismiss 2016, to tell it to “f***...
by David Howell | Sep 16, 2016 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness
While driving through Portland to drop my son off at Lewis and Clark College, I stopped in for an interview about The Descent into Happiness at The Sprocket Podcast. You can listen to the interview here. The Sprocket Podcast is great in that they focus on...
by David Howell | Jun 14, 2016 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness
I’m currently teaching a course in Social Problems. The class enables us to talk about the difference between culture and society, and from there how the individual is connected to larger societal norms, events, issues, etc. It’s a fascinating class, one...
by David Howell | Jun 5, 2016 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness
In March, Blue Ear Books published The Descent into Happiness, a book about a bike ride I took last summer from Seattle to Milwaukee. Actually, the book is about more than just the bike ride itself: it’s also about the thought process that goes into a solo,...
by David Howell | Feb 23, 2016 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness
This April I’ll publish The Descent into Happiness, a book written last summer while I bicycled from Seattle to Milwaukee. The book is a travel narrative, chronicling the events that took place while I did a solo, self-supported month-long bike ride. But it’s also a...