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Abandoned buildings are places that have lost usefulness, perhaps holding a memory that no one wants, and left alone to be reclaimed by nature and the fog of human memory. There is just something about these places that capture my imagination. My friend Alan, who had acted in a short film that was shot in …
What is a Pirate’s favorite letter? Are you all ready for tomorrow?!!! Wait….you mean you don’t know what tomorrow is? No?!? Well, lets fix that situation right now. Now, I say! Tomorrow is International Talk Like a Pirate Day!!!! Oh, yes it is! Click on the banner to go to the official site!!! Tomorrow is …
Often people ask if I’m traveling to find myself. I, happily, really like who I am. I also know who I am. It is because I know myself that I choose, or perhaps feel driven to travel. I absolutely love the people in my life, and my home. I also deeply love experiencing other ways …
Just went through the change on my shelf: Colones, Pesos, Czeck Crowns, British Pound, and Euros. It’s nice to arrive in a new country with some of the local currency. I’m still looking for the Thai Baht and the Japanese Yen. I’ll need those too.
Ah, Squats. That is an interesting word. Not exactly lovely. Not exactly poetic. Just a description/name of an activity that is essential for health and longevity. I’ll be honest. The main reason that I joined Crossfit, besides needing to improve my overall fitness very quickly, was to intensively work on my squat. You might think …
Imagine that you are just arriving to your dream destination, out-side of your home country. You are so excited, and you can’t wait to get yourself some food and settled before you go exploring. It is a totally awesome feeling…until you realize that you can’t take any money from an ATM, because your bank thinks …
Back in 1993 I had started to think that I had to make some kind of change in my life. I had to shake things up. Slap some life into my existence. I had recently purged some toxic friend-ships, and realized that I needed to get to know myself a bit more. I had read …
Saturday I fly out from Boston, with a layover in Atlanta to ultimately end up in Costa Rica. I’m going to a surf camp for 7 days and nights. Yes, forty-three year old me is going to learn how to surf. Luckily there are two surf lessons a day. Hopefully I’ll get up on the …
Like magic, twenty years later, I am going to do it again. Some how my life was easy, and I just made a snap decision to reclaim my youth of care free adventure. Ummmm…. No. I returned from that trip, went back to my old job – apparently they were harassing my family a couple …
I’ve always wanted to travel. Always. Once I graduated from college I started to save aggressively for two years, and was able to do a two month backpacking trip around Great Britain, Scotland, Shetland, Orkney and Wales. I stayed in youth hostels mostly, traveled by train, walking, rare busses, and once or twice hitch-hiked. I …
