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On This Day
TikTok sends me “On This Day” videos from a year ago. This one, from yesterday, shows when I learned how to give goat pedicures on a repurposed tobacco farm in North Carolina. (My mother said “That looks hard.” I replied, “Not as hard as the horn burning and castrations!”)
Each day, I get to relive a moment like this from my 10,000-mile/16,100 kilometer Round America with a Duck journey via bike, buses, trains and working on organic farms, and it’s sort of miraculous to me. It’s as if my younger self sent me these little gifts. (You can see all the TikToks from the journey here.)
On this day, now, in 2024, I get notifications about sales and reviews of my Round America with a Duck book, which came out globally two weeks ago (get yours here). Text messages from family, friends and farmers come randomly as they receive their books and finish reading them. Book clubs are choosing it, which is especially nice (here’s a free book club discussion guide). I love this book and have every reason to believe you will, too. And now, I’m pulled forward. So, go, little book, and find your way in the world. What’s meant to be will be. Trust the…
