Day 109

Reading Time: < 1 minute The Kasitz family could not have been more generous, helpful, and hospitable. Marcus stayed with me through breakfast and locked up after I left (I’d be seeing him later in the day). It was an easy walk on a beautiful day toward Stilwell, Kansas. Along the way two Miami County Deputy Sheriffs, Colin and Andrew, […]

by Robert Schoen on April 24, 2018

Day 108

Reading Time: 2 minutes It was nice to freshen up after a day in the tent avoiding the rain. This morning I walked over to the well-heated bath house, which is just a five-minute walk from my tent. I took a warm shower, shaved, changed clothes, and was ready to resume my journey. It was a couple of miles, […]

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by Robert Schoen on April 23, 2018

Dr. Robert Schoen is a writer, musician, and composer. His book, On God’s Radar, follows his 2017-18 walk from coast-to-coast across the United States. He is also the author of What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew About Judaism and the co-author (with Catherine deCuir) of the novel The Rabbi Finds Her Way.

Schoen has composed music for a variety of ensembles and settings, and has served as Composer-in-Residence at Temple Sinai in Oakland, California, where Cantor Ilene Keys and the temple choir under the direction of George A. Emblom, premiered his original jazz-oriented Friday night Sabbath service, Bossa Shabbat.

Robert Schoen is a member of ASCAP and is the recipient of Getty Foundation and ASCAP awards for music composition. He and his wife, Sharon Chabon, live in Oakland, California.

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