May 3, 2018 A soldier is sitting next to me. He has a loaded machine gun, and it’s no big deal. A month ago this would have scared the hell out of me. Now it’s no more unique than the man sitting across from us with a briefcase in his lap, on his way to work. The...
April 8, 2018 “HO-LEE shit. No way that just happened. No way.” These were the thoughts painfully scorching my brain, paralyzing me with panic such that I couldn’t even utter anything audibly to Yuval, on a rainy, dreary afternoon. “Yuval, where’s my bag?” my voice...
April 5, 2018 “Don’t let them stamp your passport,” I was told by countless people. “Israel doesn’t have many friends in the Middle East and there are plenty of countries that will not let you in if they find an Israel stamp in your passport.” This flashed through my...
June 30 – Aug 20, 2017 Thirty hours of travel and I arrived back home to Colorado, into the engulfing, spine adjusting, bear hug embrace of an old friend who absolutely would not take “No” for an answer when asked if I needed a ride from the airport. “Well, I won’t be...
July 20 - 25, 2017 “Ok, ok…I can see you’re upset…but WHAT IS IT, MAN?” my voice now slightly elevated, reflecting the agitation from being woken up for the 5th time by this guy. This time, with the flash light from his iPhone beaming me in the eye, jolting me out of...
May 28 – June 9, 2017 Celebrate we will Because life is short but sweet for certain We're climbing two by two To be sure these days continue These things we cannot change “Two Step” by...
The World Spins By is an intimate journey of loss, curiosity, and love—recounted one pedal stroke at a time along Jerry’s two-year bicycle journey back to himself.