Far From Idle

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Six essays, in order, if you're new. They tell the story better than a summary of it would.

Jenna leaning against Daisy, her Ford Bronco Sport, on a desert road in the Death Valley badlands
Jenna out in the Death Valley badlands
One

How it started

The beginning, and the part nobody warns you about. Written while it was still new enough to be honest about.

First Sip
On cold coffee, new houses, and a life without a permanent address.
Shaken
On time zones, calendar chaos, and the scramble to find a place to sleep.
A golden retriever lying in the grass by a white barn, looking at the camera
Two

Why the pets are the point

The animals are the reason this works, and the reason it's hard. Both of those are true in the same week.

Sugar Rimmed
Why a rotating door of someone else's pets might be exactly what I needed.
Straight Up
When a three-hour feeding schedule almost made us quit.
A tan pit bull asleep with its chin on a cushion
Three

What home turns into

A year in, the word means something else. These two are the closest I've come to explaining it.

House Wine
When someone else's house starts to feel like yours.
Proof
One year without an address - the only things I miss have stories attached.
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Playbook
The gear, apps, and accounts behind all of it - and how I actually use them.
Snapshots
Every pet we've looked after, on a wall of polaroids.
Tools
Free things I built for this life because I needed them myself.