I’m sorry I forgot to conform in France When my best friend and I were 10 years old, we used to plan out our futures. We wanted to be married by a certain age; I think it was 24 we chose. We wanted to have a house, a career, and start popping out babies before … Continued
Help! Already I was lost! And not even out of Madrid airport! I hadn’t even started to walk the Camino Frances, the medieval pilgrim trail, over 440 miles across Spain to Santiago de Compostela. No intrepid traveller, I’d worried intensely about travelling alone over 12,000 miles from home, whether I’d get lost on a foreign … Continued
Big Rocks and a Brave Heart By Nicole Dacanay I am not a brave person. I like comfort. I like warm tea and blankets and happy movies. But I also have a fierce desire for wanderlust in my soul. The need to travel and experience new things is something my husband and I both feel … Continued
Pedaling through Amsterdam Timothy Tang The last time I had ridden a bike, YouTube hadn’t existed and people were still using pagers. It had been so long, that I had forgotten what it even felt like to speed down a hill with no brakes on, or even the resulting … Continued
Gaelic Glory Days Mari S. Gold When my husband and I took off from Kennedy Airport in October, 2013, bound for Ireland, we had no idea it would be our last trip together. Our time in Dublin began at Trinity College where I was fascinated by the Book of Kells with its enchanting … Continued
Touring the Canadian Rockies has been on the back burner of my wish list since my Mother said many, many years ago that she’d like to visit her namesake- Lake Louise in Banff, Canada. I had a vague idea that it was a long way west of Minneapolis or she might have actually made the … Continued
Adventurer There came a point when the routine of my life began to annoy me. Don’t get me wrong. It was a lovely routine that involved the blessings of children, but with that came dishes and shopping carts and lots of time in a car. I understood the need and comfort of it all … Continued
A place that inspires me The place that inspires me to be brave is Vietnam. It inspires me to be brave because they were brave when they were attacked during the Vietnam War. Of course The United States helped defend and fight with them. But Vietnam did most of the work. Here is the … Continued
The Canyon is Grand I am awoken for the 3rd night in a row before the sun has even risen. As I struggle to lift my body, every bone aches. It’s so dark outside that I cannot even see my own two feet but I certainly can feel the painful blisters that are still covering … Continued
If you look at a map of our great country – the United States of liberty and justice for all who can pay – you will not find Ruby. Somewhere in the middle of hopelessness sits a small reservation called Pine Ridge. There, alcoholism runs rampant through the streets, tearing victims away from everything they … Continued