A friend told me, shortly after that, that she had heard that Tim Russert,在那不久后，我的一个朋友就告诉我，她听说提姆·路塞特，a nationally renowned journalist, had been talking about me on national T.V.一个全国知名的记者在全国播放的电视节目上谈论到了我。An essay I&#39d written about my father, the year before he died, was in Tim&#39s new book.一篇我写的关

I&#39m a writer and a journalist, and I&#39m also an insanely curious person,我是一个作家，一个新闻记者，我也是一位具有强烈求知欲的人。so in 22 years as a journalist, I&#39ve learned how to do a lot of new things.所以在做新闻记者的22年里，我知道了很多新奇的事物。And three years ago, one of the things I learned how to do was to become invisible.而三年前，我学

When winter weather set in, the temperatures dropped below freezing.当冬天来临的时候，温度骤降到零度以下。And they stayed there. And I faced a whole new set of challenges.然后就一直这么冷。我又遇到了一堆新问题，I parked a different place every night so I would avoid being noticed and hassled by the police. I didn&#39t always succeed.每晚我的

At first, living in the van was great. I showered in campgrounds.一开始，住在车里是很不错的。我在露天洗澡，I ate out regularly. And I had time to relax and to grieve.正常的去外面吃东西。而且有时间去抒发情感。But then the anger and the depression about my father&#39s death set in.但是后来，因我父亲去世而带来的悲愤和痛沮开始加剧。My freelance job ended. And I had to

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