by David Howell | Sep 22, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness
Every summer, I make a point of going on a long bike ride. Sometimes I go solo; other times I’ll go with someone else. But whenever I go, I make a point of being out on the road for several weeks at a time. I choose to travel by bike because you move at a pace—about...
by David Howell | May 31, 2017 | David Howell, The Descent into Happiness
On a recent Saturday I packed up all the bike touring gear and loaded it into the panniers to simulate a bike ride on a fully-loaded touring rig. I wasn’t sure what I had brought on the last trip; then I remembered that I made a list of what I brought last time–and...
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...