Edward McWilliams
@inventreinvent.bsky.social
On Bluesky, you are your own algorithm.
www.atexasnomad.com 👈
www.atexasnomad.com 👈
This week’s ATN is about ghosting from the version of you they liked, and becoming the one they might not.
The Deep Dive: What happens when you stop asking permission.
The Gear: DJI Osmo 7P, field tested
The Stream/Read: Mel Robbins Let Them
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The Deep Dive: What happens when you stop asking permission.
The Gear: DJI Osmo 7P, field tested
The Stream/Read: Mel Robbins Let Them
atexasnomad.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This week’s ATN is about ghosting from the version of you they liked, and becoming the one they might not.
The Deep Dive: What happens when you stop asking permission.
The Gear: DJI Osmo 7P, field tested
The Stream/Read: Mel Robbins Let Them
atexasnomad.com
The Deep Dive: What happens when you stop asking permission.
The Gear: DJI Osmo 7P, field tested
The Stream/Read: Mel Robbins Let Them
atexasnomad.com
The scariest thing I’ve learned this year?
It’s not failure.
It’s posting something that matters…
and getting 0 likes,
except a pity comment from your mom.
This is The Ghost , my Halloween short.
Watch it. Read it. Then post anyway.
atexasnomad.com
It’s not failure.
It’s posting something that matters…
and getting 0 likes,
except a pity comment from your mom.
This is The Ghost , my Halloween short.
Watch it. Read it. Then post anyway.
atexasnomad.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The scariest thing I’ve learned this year?
It’s not failure.
It’s posting something that matters…
and getting 0 likes,
except a pity comment from your mom.
This is The Ghost , my Halloween short.
Watch it. Read it. Then post anyway.
atexasnomad.com
It’s not failure.
It’s posting something that matters…
and getting 0 likes,
except a pity comment from your mom.
This is The Ghost , my Halloween short.
Watch it. Read it. Then post anyway.
atexasnomad.com
When silence lasts too long, it stops being peaceful. It starts to test you.
The Void Threshold is the essay.
Danger Monk is the film.
Both born in Medellín, both about what it costs to start over.
Read + watch → atexasnomad.com
The Void Threshold is the essay.
Danger Monk is the film.
Both born in Medellín, both about what it costs to start over.
Read + watch → atexasnomad.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
When silence lasts too long, it stops being peaceful. It starts to test you.
The Void Threshold is the essay.
Danger Monk is the film.
Both born in Medellín, both about what it costs to start over.
Read + watch → atexasnomad.com
The Void Threshold is the essay.
Danger Monk is the film.
Both born in Medellín, both about what it costs to start over.
Read + watch → atexasnomad.com
Ten years can vanish in stacked tomorrows.
The Golden Gate Bridge didn’t start tomorrow.
Neither will your life.
(Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Chris Hemsworth and Limitless. Mind as the first crossing.)
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The Golden Gate Bridge didn’t start tomorrow.
Neither will your life.
(Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Chris Hemsworth and Limitless. Mind as the first crossing.)
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October 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Ten years can vanish in stacked tomorrows.
The Golden Gate Bridge didn’t start tomorrow.
Neither will your life.
(Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Chris Hemsworth and Limitless. Mind as the first crossing.)
atexasnomad.com
The Golden Gate Bridge didn’t start tomorrow.
Neither will your life.
(Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Chris Hemsworth and Limitless. Mind as the first crossing.)
atexasnomad.com
Reinvention isn’t a single act.
It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
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It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
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September 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Reinvention isn’t a single act.
It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
atexasnomad.com
It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
atexasnomad.com
Reinvention isn’t a single act.
It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
atexasnomad.com
It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
atexasnomad.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reinvention isn’t a single act.
It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
atexasnomad.com
It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
atexasnomad.com
Reinvention isn’t a single act.
It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
atexasnomad.com
It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
atexasnomad.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Reinvention isn’t a single act.
It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
atexasnomad.com
It’s compounding across every pillar: body, wealth, voice, self.
In this week’s A Texas Nomad: Scott Galloway’s Algebra of Wealth, the parable of WeCrashed, and what it really means to rebuild.
Join for free (2000+ subscribers!)
atexasnomad.com
A filmmaker disappears.
Burns out. Goes silent.
Then picks up the camera again.
This is not content. It’s a return.
New essay + video / Plus a look at the haunting Colombian film Un Poeta:
What Story Remembers - A Cinema Issue
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Burns out. Goes silent.
Then picks up the camera again.
This is not content. It’s a return.
New essay + video / Plus a look at the haunting Colombian film Un Poeta:
What Story Remembers - A Cinema Issue
atexasnomad.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:20 PM
A filmmaker disappears.
Burns out. Goes silent.
Then picks up the camera again.
This is not content. It’s a return.
New essay + video / Plus a look at the haunting Colombian film Un Poeta:
What Story Remembers - A Cinema Issue
atexasnomad.com
Burns out. Goes silent.
Then picks up the camera again.
This is not content. It’s a return.
New essay + video / Plus a look at the haunting Colombian film Un Poeta:
What Story Remembers - A Cinema Issue
atexasnomad.com
America is losing its creativity.
We optimized everything.
Our sleep, our meals, our macros, our moods.
But somehow… the ideas stopped coming.
This week’s dispatch is about the quiet death of creativity in a hustle-first world,
and how to bring it back.
www.atexasnomad.com
We optimized everything.
Our sleep, our meals, our macros, our moods.
But somehow… the ideas stopped coming.
This week’s dispatch is about the quiet death of creativity in a hustle-first world,
and how to bring it back.
www.atexasnomad.com
September 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
America is losing its creativity.
We optimized everything.
Our sleep, our meals, our macros, our moods.
But somehow… the ideas stopped coming.
This week’s dispatch is about the quiet death of creativity in a hustle-first world,
and how to bring it back.
www.atexasnomad.com
We optimized everything.
Our sleep, our meals, our macros, our moods.
But somehow… the ideas stopped coming.
This week’s dispatch is about the quiet death of creativity in a hustle-first world,
and how to bring it back.
www.atexasnomad.com
Slomadism isn’t about moving slow.
It’s about staying human while you move.
This week on A Texas Nomad:
An anchor in motion
Also:
📖 Hamnet - the Shakespeare novel that broke me
🍽️ The Taste of Things - Binoche, baked Alaska, and a dinner that begins with dessert
Read it here → atexasnomad.com
It’s about staying human while you move.
This week on A Texas Nomad:
An anchor in motion
Also:
📖 Hamnet - the Shakespeare novel that broke me
🍽️ The Taste of Things - Binoche, baked Alaska, and a dinner that begins with dessert
Read it here → atexasnomad.com
September 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Slomadism isn’t about moving slow.
It’s about staying human while you move.
This week on A Texas Nomad:
An anchor in motion
Also:
📖 Hamnet - the Shakespeare novel that broke me
🍽️ The Taste of Things - Binoche, baked Alaska, and a dinner that begins with dessert
Read it here → atexasnomad.com
It’s about staying human while you move.
This week on A Texas Nomad:
An anchor in motion
Also:
📖 Hamnet - the Shakespeare novel that broke me
🍽️ The Taste of Things - Binoche, baked Alaska, and a dinner that begins with dessert
Read it here → atexasnomad.com
Mykonos. Off-season
No guests. Just keys.
“Take any room,” he said.
So I stayed.
Wrote poems.
And learned what slowness reveals.
🧳 Slomadism, Part I
📬 atexasnomad.com
No guests. Just keys.
“Take any room,” he said.
So I stayed.
Wrote poems.
And learned what slowness reveals.
🧳 Slomadism, Part I
📬 atexasnomad.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Mykonos. Off-season
No guests. Just keys.
“Take any room,” he said.
So I stayed.
Wrote poems.
And learned what slowness reveals.
🧳 Slomadism, Part I
📬 atexasnomad.com
No guests. Just keys.
“Take any room,” he said.
So I stayed.
Wrote poems.
And learned what slowness reveals.
🧳 Slomadism, Part I
📬 atexasnomad.com
In today’s ATN:
Lisbon used to be the dream. Now it’s the warning. Digital nomads are reshaping cities, and not always for the better.
This isn’t guilt. It’s design.
We wrote a Code for what comes next:
Lisbon used to be the dream. Now it’s the warning. Digital nomads are reshaping cities, and not always for the better.
This isn’t guilt. It’s design.
We wrote a Code for what comes next:
August 6, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In today’s ATN:
Lisbon used to be the dream. Now it’s the warning. Digital nomads are reshaping cities, and not always for the better.
This isn’t guilt. It’s design.
We wrote a Code for what comes next:
Lisbon used to be the dream. Now it’s the warning. Digital nomads are reshaping cities, and not always for the better.
This isn’t guilt. It’s design.
We wrote a Code for what comes next:
Most expats plateau at comfort.
They never let the place rewire them.
They never cross the threshold.
This week in A Texas Nomad:
• The 3 Levels of Expat
• Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter
• A dangerous claim: Happy Gilmore 2 is better than the first
🗺️ Don’t escape. Design.
atexasnomad.com
They never let the place rewire them.
They never cross the threshold.
This week in A Texas Nomad:
• The 3 Levels of Expat
• Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter
• A dangerous claim: Happy Gilmore 2 is better than the first
🗺️ Don’t escape. Design.
atexasnomad.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Most expats plateau at comfort.
They never let the place rewire them.
They never cross the threshold.
This week in A Texas Nomad:
• The 3 Levels of Expat
• Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter
• A dangerous claim: Happy Gilmore 2 is better than the first
🗺️ Don’t escape. Design.
atexasnomad.com
They never let the place rewire them.
They never cross the threshold.
This week in A Texas Nomad:
• The 3 Levels of Expat
• Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter
• A dangerous claim: Happy Gilmore 2 is better than the first
🗺️ Don’t escape. Design.
atexasnomad.com
Every place I’ve lived left a song behind.
Every reinvention needed its own soundtrack.
ATN 25, mixtape for nomads and builders.
www.atexasnomad.com
The playlist: songs that got me through.
The issue: Dave Grohl, reinvention, movement, memory.
Every reinvention needed its own soundtrack.
ATN 25, mixtape for nomads and builders.
www.atexasnomad.com
The playlist: songs that got me through.
The issue: Dave Grohl, reinvention, movement, memory.
July 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Every place I’ve lived left a song behind.
Every reinvention needed its own soundtrack.
ATN 25, mixtape for nomads and builders.
www.atexasnomad.com
The playlist: songs that got me through.
The issue: Dave Grohl, reinvention, movement, memory.
Every reinvention needed its own soundtrack.
ATN 25, mixtape for nomads and builders.
www.atexasnomad.com
The playlist: songs that got me through.
The issue: Dave Grohl, reinvention, movement, memory.
A Texas Nomad #24 is live. Forget side gigs. Vibe Coding is how nomads really find freedom.
I ditched the LEGOs and coded WhereBot. Tiny tool. Punk rock code. Ultralearning.
Stop drifting. Build something.
Issue 24 is up.
www.atexasnomad.com
I ditched the LEGOs and coded WhereBot. Tiny tool. Punk rock code. Ultralearning.
Stop drifting. Build something.
Issue 24 is up.
www.atexasnomad.com
July 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A Texas Nomad #24 is live. Forget side gigs. Vibe Coding is how nomads really find freedom.
I ditched the LEGOs and coded WhereBot. Tiny tool. Punk rock code. Ultralearning.
Stop drifting. Build something.
Issue 24 is up.
www.atexasnomad.com
I ditched the LEGOs and coded WhereBot. Tiny tool. Punk rock code. Ultralearning.
Stop drifting. Build something.
Issue 24 is up.
www.atexasnomad.com
Today's ATN drop:
People who play good video games are smarter than the ones who say not to
Monk mode Medellín, deep work rituals (Cal Newport style)
Eric Barone, Stardew Valley, Haunted Chocolatier
Join 1,000+ designing life on purpose
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People who play good video games are smarter than the ones who say not to
Monk mode Medellín, deep work rituals (Cal Newport style)
Eric Barone, Stardew Valley, Haunted Chocolatier
Join 1,000+ designing life on purpose
atexasnomad.com
July 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Today's ATN drop:
People who play good video games are smarter than the ones who say not to
Monk mode Medellín, deep work rituals (Cal Newport style)
Eric Barone, Stardew Valley, Haunted Chocolatier
Join 1,000+ designing life on purpose
atexasnomad.com
People who play good video games are smarter than the ones who say not to
Monk mode Medellín, deep work rituals (Cal Newport style)
Eric Barone, Stardew Valley, Haunted Chocolatier
Join 1,000+ designing life on purpose
atexasnomad.com
new youtube channel is live.
cleaner. clearer. weirder in the right places.
if you’ve been listening, thank you. if you’re new, welcome.
i made this version for both of us.
cleaner. clearer. weirder in the right places.
if you’ve been listening, thank you. if you’re new, welcome.
i made this version for both of us.
June 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
new youtube channel is live.
cleaner. clearer. weirder in the right places.
if you’ve been listening, thank you. if you’re new, welcome.
i made this version for both of us.
cleaner. clearer. weirder in the right places.
if you’ve been listening, thank you. if you’re new, welcome.
i made this version for both of us.
Bolivian death roads.
Rubber barons.
Lil Wayne’s jet lag.
A Martian calendar.
This week’s A Texas Nomad breaks the clock and reclaims time.
Chronos is dead.
Kairos is calling.
The podcast is live.
The portal is open.
📩 Read it before time reads you → www.atexasnomad.com
Rubber barons.
Lil Wayne’s jet lag.
A Martian calendar.
This week’s A Texas Nomad breaks the clock and reclaims time.
Chronos is dead.
Kairos is calling.
The podcast is live.
The portal is open.
📩 Read it before time reads you → www.atexasnomad.com
June 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Bolivian death roads.
Rubber barons.
Lil Wayne’s jet lag.
A Martian calendar.
This week’s A Texas Nomad breaks the clock and reclaims time.
Chronos is dead.
Kairos is calling.
The podcast is live.
The portal is open.
📩 Read it before time reads you → www.atexasnomad.com
Rubber barons.
Lil Wayne’s jet lag.
A Martian calendar.
This week’s A Texas Nomad breaks the clock and reclaims time.
Chronos is dead.
Kairos is calling.
The podcast is live.
The portal is open.
📩 Read it before time reads you → www.atexasnomad.com
I had one of those no good, very bad, everything-broke-and-I-might-have-COVID weeks.
So I made a YouTube thumbnail.
There’s no video. Just the thumbnail.
It doesn’t really look like me, but whatever.
Wrote the full story in today’s A Texas Nomad. Sign up! (Free)
www.atexasnomad.com
So I made a YouTube thumbnail.
There’s no video. Just the thumbnail.
It doesn’t really look like me, but whatever.
Wrote the full story in today’s A Texas Nomad. Sign up! (Free)
www.atexasnomad.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I had one of those no good, very bad, everything-broke-and-I-might-have-COVID weeks.
So I made a YouTube thumbnail.
There’s no video. Just the thumbnail.
It doesn’t really look like me, but whatever.
Wrote the full story in today’s A Texas Nomad. Sign up! (Free)
www.atexasnomad.com
So I made a YouTube thumbnail.
There’s no video. Just the thumbnail.
It doesn’t really look like me, but whatever.
Wrote the full story in today’s A Texas Nomad. Sign up! (Free)
www.atexasnomad.com
Nomad life isn’t all beaches and coworking selfies.
It’s waking up sick, broke, alone in a country where no one knows your name.
It’s questioning your choices at 3AM… and still showing up.
The next 3 issues of ATN go into mental health this lifestyle:
Don’t Escape. Design.
www.atexasnomad.com
It’s waking up sick, broke, alone in a country where no one knows your name.
It’s questioning your choices at 3AM… and still showing up.
The next 3 issues of ATN go into mental health this lifestyle:
Don’t Escape. Design.
www.atexasnomad.com
June 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Nomad life isn’t all beaches and coworking selfies.
It’s waking up sick, broke, alone in a country where no one knows your name.
It’s questioning your choices at 3AM… and still showing up.
The next 3 issues of ATN go into mental health this lifestyle:
Don’t Escape. Design.
www.atexasnomad.com
It’s waking up sick, broke, alone in a country where no one knows your name.
It’s questioning your choices at 3AM… and still showing up.
The next 3 issues of ATN go into mental health this lifestyle:
Don’t Escape. Design.
www.atexasnomad.com
You filmed your trip.
Now what?
Don’t just escape—distribute. Even if you look dumb doing it.
ATN 18 drops today:
🎥 Nomadwood II: The Sequel
🎤 Karol G, Medellín’s queen
📚 Austin Kleon
🎧 DJI gear
🤖 And our first AI product (!)
Subscribe now — surprises inside.
www.atexasnomad.com
Now what?
Don’t just escape—distribute. Even if you look dumb doing it.
ATN 18 drops today:
🎥 Nomadwood II: The Sequel
🎤 Karol G, Medellín’s queen
📚 Austin Kleon
🎧 DJI gear
🤖 And our first AI product (!)
Subscribe now — surprises inside.
www.atexasnomad.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
You filmed your trip.
Now what?
Don’t just escape—distribute. Even if you look dumb doing it.
ATN 18 drops today:
🎥 Nomadwood II: The Sequel
🎤 Karol G, Medellín’s queen
📚 Austin Kleon
🎧 DJI gear
🤖 And our first AI product (!)
Subscribe now — surprises inside.
www.atexasnomad.com
Now what?
Don’t just escape—distribute. Even if you look dumb doing it.
ATN 18 drops today:
🎥 Nomadwood II: The Sequel
🎤 Karol G, Medellín’s queen
📚 Austin Kleon
🎧 DJI gear
🤖 And our first AI product (!)
Subscribe now — surprises inside.
www.atexasnomad.com
This morning I wished my mom a Happy Mother’s Day.
She said, “I’m happy to be the mother to two people I love very much.”
Leave it to a mom to be thinking of *us* on her day.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms out there.
Thank you for everything. We couldn’t do it without you.
She said, “I’m happy to be the mother to two people I love very much.”
Leave it to a mom to be thinking of *us* on her day.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms out there.
Thank you for everything. We couldn’t do it without you.
May 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This morning I wished my mom a Happy Mother’s Day.
She said, “I’m happy to be the mother to two people I love very much.”
Leave it to a mom to be thinking of *us* on her day.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms out there.
Thank you for everything. We couldn’t do it without you.
She said, “I’m happy to be the mother to two people I love very much.”
Leave it to a mom to be thinking of *us* on her day.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the amazing moms out there.
Thank you for everything. We couldn’t do it without you.
Left Hollywood before the deal.
Moved to Medellín.
Started writing a newsletter that reads like a travel diary… if the author thought he was in a movie.
It’s called A Texas Nomad.
It’s weird. It’s cinematic. It’s honest.
It's every Wednesday:
www.atexasnomad.com
Moved to Medellín.
Started writing a newsletter that reads like a travel diary… if the author thought he was in a movie.
It’s called A Texas Nomad.
It’s weird. It’s cinematic. It’s honest.
It's every Wednesday:
www.atexasnomad.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Left Hollywood before the deal.
Moved to Medellín.
Started writing a newsletter that reads like a travel diary… if the author thought he was in a movie.
It’s called A Texas Nomad.
It’s weird. It’s cinematic. It’s honest.
It's every Wednesday:
www.atexasnomad.com
Moved to Medellín.
Started writing a newsletter that reads like a travel diary… if the author thought he was in a movie.
It’s called A Texas Nomad.
It’s weird. It’s cinematic. It’s honest.
It's every Wednesday:
www.atexasnomad.com
Percival Everett’s James just won the Pulitzer.
Read this book it's wonderful. I reviewed it early in Issue #2 of A Texas Nomad.
It’s harsh and lovely.
A gripping adventure and a poignant commentary.
Through Jim’s eyes, the river becomes something else entirely.
📖 Full review: www.atexasnomad.com
Read this book it's wonderful. I reviewed it early in Issue #2 of A Texas Nomad.
It’s harsh and lovely.
A gripping adventure and a poignant commentary.
Through Jim’s eyes, the river becomes something else entirely.
📖 Full review: www.atexasnomad.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Percival Everett’s James just won the Pulitzer.
Read this book it's wonderful. I reviewed it early in Issue #2 of A Texas Nomad.
It’s harsh and lovely.
A gripping adventure and a poignant commentary.
Through Jim’s eyes, the river becomes something else entirely.
📖 Full review: www.atexasnomad.com
Read this book it's wonderful. I reviewed it early in Issue #2 of A Texas Nomad.
It’s harsh and lovely.
A gripping adventure and a poignant commentary.
Through Jim’s eyes, the river becomes something else entirely.
📖 Full review: www.atexasnomad.com