Many readers will know that I enjoy visiting cemeteries and have seen quite a few along my journey. I’ve been to two cemeteries in my current destination and each has had special meaning for me.
Housesitting in New Jersey: Highlights of My USA Visit
Memoir
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‘Staying Alive By Not Staying Still’ Now that I’m all in on writing a memoir about my near-seven years of solo world travel, including the dramatic events that led me …
Bulgaria: A Pleasant Surprise
Starting month three of a delightful stay in Sofia
As the warmth of Spring arrives in this Baltic country of Bulgaria, where I’ve been a guest since April in the capital city, Sofia, I’m captivated by the easy-going, comfortable way of life and the warmth and friendliness of the many friends I’ve made here.
Postcards From My Fun Working Holiday In Paris
I returned a week ago from a travel memoir writing workshop in Paris where a dozen participants, 11 from around the U.S. and one polite Canadian (thank you, Garrett), communed with fellow travelers, writers, and American travel writing legend and all-around good guy Rolf Potts who organized the event.
I been basking in the glow of that marvelous 6-day experience ever since.
Moving On Now From That Long Roadside Rest Stop
I’m back. After a long run of recuperation following the roughest patch of travel I’ve experienced in nearly six years, I’m catching up starting today with a post from my …
Change On The Road: Has Travel Affected Your Life?
“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.”
– Miriam Beard, American author, traveler, born in England (1901-1983)
An important part of the book I want to write about travel involves change. Here’s the beginning of an examination of the phenomenon that’s affected travelers since the first time someone wondered what lies beyond the distant horizon, and went off to find out.
My Dad, the Mailman
My Dad suffered a lot of hard knocks in his life growing up in Paulsboro, N.J., but he never complained about his past. In fact, he rarely talked about it. All he did was work as hard as he could to make a better life for the future of his family.
All Vaxed Up and Ready to Roll
Note: Ten days ago I arrived in Istanbul. I wrote this piece for the newsletter that goes along with this blog but I’ve posted nothing since for the blog itself. Subsequently I rethought the the idea of a newsletter and decided that everything I write should be on the blog and that the newsletter should be for other uses, not to send exclusive posts only to subscribers.
So for those who didn’t subscribe, I encourage you to do so, but here’s the first post that was only in the newsletter, describing my anxious flight to Turkey.