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Letters From a Nomad: The Road Here: 1999-2009
— early reader response
The story begins in 1999, inside the beautiful, strange, and spiritually charged Southern California world I once lived in — a world of full moon gatherings in the desert, creative community, music, meditation, art, psychedelics, devotion, chosen family, and the overwhelming feeling that life itself was opening into something larger.
These opening letters move through the beauty of that time, the people I loved, the reality we were dreaming together, and the changes that eventually turned my world upside down, left me homeless and depressed in Venice Beach, and led me toward the first true steps of my nomadic life.
The opening letters move through:
From there, the story continues through movement, magic, intense beauty, difficulty, deep loss, freedom, solitude, meditation, authenticity, cats, vehicles, and places I lived and loved — Topanga Canyon, Portland, Seattle, Mount Shasta, Santa Cruz, Arizona, and beyond.
— early reader response
Before the psychedelic beats and barefoot dancing in the desert, the moon was already calling.
Before The Road Here begins, there is one more threshold you can cross.
Letter No. 0: Follow the Moon is a free prequel letter from the edge of the story — the moment before Los Angeles began to make sense, before the full-moon gatherings, before the community, before everything opened up and changed forever — when leaving Colorado and driving West.
Enter your name and email below, and immediately download a PDF of the free letter, so you can begin experiencing the world of Letters From a Nomad now.
I’ll also send you some companion pieces to the prequel as a gift:
Letters From a Nomad: The Road Here is a 12 month serialized correspondence experience told through 24 beautiful and vulnerable letters, written as though they were mailed from the moments in which they happened.
Alongside the letters are thoughtfully designed printed companions that deepen the experience of each chapter and bring the story into your hands.
Twice each month, mailed on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month, you receive the next chapter in a complete twelve-month correspondence series, true stories from my life delivered as beautifully designed physical mail.
I personally write and design everything that comes with each letter you receive, including the envelopes.
Yes. Every subscriber begins with Letter #1.
The Road Here is a complete 12 month, 24 letter correspondence series designed to be experienced in order. Each letter builds on the last, revealing a true story with a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Every letter is at least two full sheets printed front and back — four pages in all — and some letters will be even longer. Enough to take you more deeply into the story in several meaningful ways.
The story does not end here, but this series does. The Road Here: 1999-2009 is a complete 12-month correspondence series consisting of 24 letters. When you reach the final letter, you’ll have experienced one complete era of my life.
If you’d like to continue walking beside me, three other wanderings on the road are on their way.
Continue down the road with The Road Here: 2009-2018 and join me as Gabriella and I leave Mt. Madonna near Santa Cruz, CA and hit the road in Vanthony — Sedona, Miami, the Florida Keys, Asheville, Las Vegas, Colorado, deserts, mountains, forests, hot springs, intentional communities, and more — all eventually leading to here and now.
You’ll soon be able to step further back in time and experience my wild, chaotic, transformational, and deeply foundational years in NYC in the 90s during the AIDS crisis and the height of NYC club culture, told through another immersive correspondence series.
And after I leave Texas, you can join me in real time for European Adventures — a present-moment correspondence series written from the road as life unfolds.
Because some stories deserve more than a screen.
We spend so much of our lives scrolling, skimming, and moving on to the next thing. Letters invite something different. They give us the opportunity to slow down, hold a story in our hands, and spend time with it.
A beautifully written letter arrives with intention. It waits patiently until you're ready. You can read it in your favorite chair, tuck it into a book, return to it weeks later, and keep it for years.
In a world designed for speed and constant distraction, I believe some stories are worth experiencing more slowly.
The Road Here is written as though each letter were mailed from that particular moment in my life, from the perspective and understanding I had at the time.
Rather than looking back with decades of hindsight, you'll experience the story as it unfolded, and I as awakened and became more of my self, one letter at a time.
The result is a slower, more immersive journey that feels less like reading a memoir and more like receiving letters from an old friend.
No. It is written by me, Blue Cobalt, from my own real memories and lived experiences.
The photographs are either images I have taken myself or images I have permission to reprint. Photographs from the actual memories are used whenever possible, or photographs I took at the same location. I occasionally use licensed real photography to evoke the feeling of a memory when an original photograph isn’t available. Every part of this correspondence is rooted in real life.
With every letter, I also record an audio version in my own voice. You can read the physical letter yourself, listen as I read it to you, or follow along with the letter in your hands.
You’ll have access to a private listening page where the recordings you’ve received become part of a growing audio library. Listen before your letter arrives, afterward, or while you’re reading it. There’s no right order.
The physical letter is still the heart of Letters From a Nomad. The recording is simply another way for me to share the story with you.
Yes, Letters From a Nomad: The Road Here would be a great gift for someone who loves:
It is especially good for someone who values meaning over mass-produced gifts.
Be one of the first 100 Founding subscribers and receive The Road Here for $18 per month or $180 prepaid for the complete 24-letter series.
You'll keep your Founding price for the entire The Road Here: 1999-2009 series for as long as you remain subscribed, even if you pause your subscription at any time. Plus, you'll receive special founding subscriber discounts to future Letters From a Nomad series.
The Complete Series lets you obtain all 24 letters of The Road Here with one payment of $180. You’ll save $36 compared with the Monthly plan — the equivalent of two months free — and there are no recurring charges.
Your letters will still arrive twice each month, beginning with Letter #1 and continuing in order through the twelve-month series. They are not mailed all at once. The story unfolds at the same thoughtful pace as it does for monthly subscribers.
If you ever need to pause delivery, just contact me. I’ll hold your remaining letters until you’re ready to continue.
Mailing dates close at 11:59pm on the preceding Saturday, so I have enough time to prepare each order carefully. The calendar always shows the next dates currently available.
No. USPS First-Class Mail is included in your subscription price.
I want the experience to be as simple as possible. There are no surprise shipping charges added at checkout. Your subscription covers everything — from the design and printing to the packaging, postage, and delivery of each letter and its printed companions.
Currently, sales tax is charged only on orders shipped to Texas, where I am based. If that changes as the business grows, any applicable tax will always be calculated clearly during checkout.
Yes. You can pause the Monthly plan at any time through your customer account. You will not be charged again until you restart it.
If you purchased the Complete Series and need to pause delivery, just contact me. I’ll hold your remaining letters until you’re ready to resume.
Yes. You can cancel the Monthly plan at any time through your customer account. You will not be charged again after cancellation.
A Complete Series purchase may be canceled for a full refund before the first letter ships or within 30 days of the first letter’s ship date. Any letters already delivered are yours to keep.
Yes. I want you to have enough time to actually receive a couple of letters and sit with them.
You have up to 30 days from your first letter ship date to decide whether The Road Here is right for you. If not, contact me and I’ll give you a full refund. You may keep any letters already delivered as my gift.
There is no tracking on Letters From a Nomad mailings. Because they travel as First-Class letters, they aren't individually tracked.
Tracking letter mailings would significantly increase the subscription price. The letters travel as First-Class Mail, the same way personal correspondence has for generations. This helps keep the subscription affordable while preserving the experience of receiving real letters in your mailbox.
The Complete Series is a prepaid, finite subscription. The system will display it as Paused after the one-time billing schedule has been completed, so you don't get charged again, while though your remaining letters are still active and scheduled for mailing.
You do not need to take any action. No further payments will be processed for the Complete Series, and all remaining letters will continue to be mailed as scheduled.
My name is Blue Cobalt. I'm a non-binary, neuro-spicy, zen, nomad at heart, raw foodie, cat servant, seahorse steward, filmmaker, artist, and sustainable fashion designer.
Letters From a Nomad comes from a life I have actually lived — years in vehicles, desert mornings, raw meals on the road, cats curled into tiny homes, spiritual searching, creative work, deep loss, beauty, transformation, and the long practice of becoming more honestly myself.
I am not writing this as fiction or fantasy.
These letters are drawn from real places, real experiences, and the road that shaped me — written as though each one were coming from an old friend, mailed from the moment in which it happened.
Each mailing is created, designed, and sent with care, as an invitation to walk through the story with me, one letter at a time.
What exactly is The Road Here: 1999-2009?
The experience awaits you!
