World of McCool

Tyler is the one to whom I owe the entire existence of my webpage. Tyler is an old friend, the younger brother of my friend Kristin, with whom I was in love for many years of my youth. Tyler and I have always shared a love of cynical humor and ambitious thinking. […]

I went and stayed in Edinburgh with my mom’s family for a little while in 03. I love Scotland, and I had a great time walking around my Grandma’s home town. But I was itching for some adventure, and I decided that while I was already on this side of the Atlantic, I […]

Justin’s parents had just moved into a log cabin that his dad built in Granbury, Texas. It was lakefront property, and because of this, Justin got hold of this old John boat that his grandparents or someone had had.
“Dude,” he told me. “I got that John boat down here to Waco. […]

Since I began my life as a vagabond in 2002, I have taken dozens of trips to a number of different place in the world. I like to think of these travels in three different categories:
Wilderness/outdoors (backpacking, camping, jaunts into the woods)
Ticketed travel (vacation kind of travel, usually with family)
Settled in for a stop (taking […]

Shape like a woman’s, thoughts like a girl’s. Sensitive skin, scintillating scents. Different faces for different kinds of laughs. Singer of songs, dreamer of dreams, pitcher of fits. Breaker of hearts and changer of minds. Longingly listening, faithfully following. Trust and suspicion, belief and then doubt.
Different versions of favorite […]

I am blessed to find myself a part of this world, as confusing as it sometimes seems. All around me I see beauty, majesty, and mystery, and every day I wake to the exciting task of taking a little more of it in.
Over the years I have done lots of traveling lived in many […]