As a diplomat working for the United States, he served in embassies and consulates around the world. As an air force officer, he had some daring exploits of varying levels of sanity and sophistication. He's lived, worked and played in more than fifty countries on five continents.
In his memoir Gathering No Moss, Freeney recalls his three-decade trip down the wild, weird and surprising journeys of life. A somewhat reluctant traveler, he conveys the heavy burden of loneliness on the road while driven by the search for meaning spirituality, and love. His life has been one of the thought-provoking questions highly charged emotional situations and brushes with both greatness and tragedy.