Traveler’s Index (with Apologies to Roger Hodge*)

Number of miles travelled: 1,050.
Number of “Vote Yes on Arnold” signs: 1, seen outside the city of Red Bluff, California.
Number of “Get Us Out of The United Nations” signs: 2, both seen in Oregon.
Cost of lunch for two (including tip) at Topsie’s in Maxwell: 20.
Number of execrable but necessary cups of coffee: 5.
Speed at which we passed the Oregon Highway Patrol officer with a radar gun pointed at the freeway: 70.
Cost of a Rand McNally Road Atlas: 12.95.
Number of times we got lost: 1, when relying on Yahoo Maps for in-town driving.
Temperature when we left Los Angeles: 64.
Temperature when we arrived in Portland: 31.
Number of neighbors who came to say hello within half an hour of our arrival: 3.
Length of time (in minutes) it took to install the internet connection: 30.
Calls from the moving company: 1.
Likelihood of my blogging anything on Monday: 0.

*Read Harper‘s Index here.

Who is Laila Lalami

Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.

What books has Laila Lalami written?

Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.

What awards has Laila Lalami won?

Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.