It is 7am, and I have already been up for nearly 5 hours, having driven someone to an airport in Allentown and back in the wee hours of the morning. I left home around 3am and returned around 6am and …
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Like a Beautiful Thing, Unattainable (On Visiting Our Syrian Friends)
This part of the city is dark and feels empty. There are only a few streetlights, and the windows in the houses are, for the most part, unlit. My wife Maile and I get out of our car and walk towards …
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Parents Loving Their Children #RideshareConfessional
The African-American woman climbs into the back of my car. "Sorry if you had to walk a bit to find me," I explain. "Sometimes the app drops the location pin kind of far away." She laughs. "No …
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How to Win an Advanced Copy of The Edge of Over There (Plus Other Fun Prizes)
Six months and one week ago, one of my lifelong dreams came true - a novel with my name on it was released into the world by a publisher. The Day the Angels Fell. Sometimes, I still find it hard to …
Maybe an Extra Billion Dollars #RideshareConfessional
I pick the guy up at the corner of College and Buchanon. “Hey, can we head down to my house first? I have to pick up my badge.” So, instead of heading to his main destination, 25 minutes west of …
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The Woman Who Met the Author of Harry Potter in a Mental Hospital #RideshareConfessional
The woman waves me down outside the hospital and climbs in, talking on her phone. She’s in nurse’s garb, her hair tired up in a scarf over her head. I pull away, and it’s rush hour, the streets are …