Category Travel

Summer of 76

First of all, you need to know that I have never been afraid to take off on some adventure, even from a young age. I was riding trains and buses between cities by myself starting at 11, and I often…

Verdi Cries *

Tropical beach with waves, golden sunset, and grassy shoreline

“With just three days more I’d have just about learned the entire score to Aida.” This song has always touched me deeply. There are a lot of theories about the meanings and intent behind it, though supposedly in a BBC…

Iowa

If you know me, you’ve heard my story of being everywhere but home when I was growing up. Military Schools, full time sleep-away kid-sitters, summer camps. It was a weird blend of disadvantaged and privileged running side by side. The…

Road Trips In The Dark

Between 10 and 4. That’s my favorite time to be behind the wheel. At 10pm the world is shutting down. At 4am it’s beginning to stir again. In between, I have the world to myself. It’s never about wandering, that’s…

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