Host Mary Swander interviews two writers with new memoirs: Monica Leo (Hand, Shadow, Rod: The Story of Eulenspiegal Puppet Theatre. Ice Cube Press) and Lori Erickson (Every Step is Home: A Spiritual Geography. Westminister John Knox Press.) Both writers portray their travels-one with puppets, the other with spiritual exploration, to find excitement, fun, solace, and fulfilling careers on the road. Leo writes of her beginnings as a doll and puppet maker, to her steps into performance, to the establishment of her puppetry center in West LIberty, IA. Erickson begins and ends her spiritual journey in New Mexico, starting her quest at Chimayo. She then searches out other U.S. sacred sites, including caves, bison round-ups, and hot springs, to finally return to New Mexico and Chaco Canyon.

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