I don’t love packing or unpacking. But I love the in-between movement, the actual act of moving your body from one place to another. In this episode that touches on my drive from LA to NYC, we find a celebration of motion, movement, moving, migration, and all that comes along with it.

In this episode we talk to writer, long-distance cyclist, and travel nurse, Mary Ann Thomas, a queer brown daughter of Indian immigrants, about home, home in migration, and home in movement.

Follow Mary Ann Thomas on Instagram @postcardsfrommat

Buy Asking for Elephants, the chapbook that Mary Ann co-authored with Daniel Baylis: Independent Option! Corporate option (Amazon).

Want to hear more of Mary Ann Thomas… check out these podcasts:

She Explores Episode 83: Bike Touring is About More Than Just Bikes

Real Talk Radio with Nicole Antoinette: Mary Ann Thomas on Long-Distance Cycling, Vulnerability, and Giving Yourself What You Need.

Or read some of what Mary Ann has written:

She Explores: Road Trip in a Red State

Autostraddle: Unlikely Hikers: Creating Space For Everyone On The Trail, One Group Hike At A Time

And thanks to @AddyPolet for submitting a voice memo that was included in this episode. Find Addy here!

Also, I made a short playlist Spotify playlist based on some of the music that I listened to while writing the “Movement” episode script. Find the playlist here!