Away From the Numbers.

Getaway Day thoughts on writing, happiness, existentialism, the difficulty in both knowing what you want and doing it. Plus, lawyers, eating, dogs and better living through chemistry.

Getaway Day — that last day of a vacation or a business trip or just the final moments of escaping somewhere else for a while, always lends clarity and, as I’ve written before, can be a lovely little bonus day if you just practice some Zen and some focus.

I flew up to my place in Portland — aka My Other Life — late on Halloween night and I’m flying back …