Time Being: Essays, Narratives, and Vignettes

By Chad R. Miller

What does it mean to travel? Is it just a temporary swap of time zones, continents, climates, foods, ecosystems, or cultures? Or can travel be a method of escape, of disappearance, of self punishment, of understanding, of transcendence? In Time Being, a collection of essays, narratives, and vignettes, Chad R. Miller examines these questions as he: Grapples with midlife crisis during a dying hurricane in the Labrador Straits; Reckons with wealth and freedom while stranded on a Caribbean island off the coast of Nicaragua; Searches for the heart of Saturday night in Dubrovnik's Old Town; Wrestles with isolation, purity, consciousness and memory during a solo backpacking trip across part of the largest lava flow on earth; Struggles to internalize old and new customs in the motorbike-choked streets of Mandalay; Travels 8,000 miles back to his hometown of Des Moines to face the impending death of his mother; Chases elusive dreams and semantics 13,000 feet up in the highlands of Ethiopia; Is hounded by water warriors and over-amplified sound in the suffocating heat of Luang Prabang; Sleepwalks through an existential nightmare in the midst of a birding trip in Friesland; Queries the relationship between representation and reality in Hiroshima and Ohio. In Time Being, Chad R. Miller, with a signature mix of humor and reverence, details his personal interactions with these and other places across five continents and a span of decades -- near and far, here and gone.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CS9Y38GN
• ISBN13: 9798989822805
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: HALF-MOON PRESS
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.5" x 6.0"