Thank you Ms. Magazine and Carmen Rios for publishing my article, “The Power of Being Picked!” The Power of Being Picked 3/29/2019 by LISA NIVER When I was a little girl, I was never picked for sports. Ever. I couldn’t even play tetherball. I was clumsy, but I never knew why—until I learned, in my forties, that … Continued
I was once told that I could never be where I am now. Now I am being told that I can never go to where I want to be. To breathe air from a different part of this earth and feel foreign soil before my feet, to interact with others who are not quite like … Continued
I have never been celebrated Winter in my life. I am from Indonesia, a very tropical country with never ending summer. Truthfully the idea of having winter is always on my mind. I always want to go to Iceland or even Greenland just to feel some winter euphoria. Then, I decided to go to South … Continued
Banks of neon from street to stars seared my retinas. Seoul at night. I was in South Korea for a specific reason. To find work. But not just any old work, acting work. Being cooped up in London, too poor for acting school, no real experience of note, meant I was just another face in the … Continued
I soaked in the sights as we whizzed by, mostly dazzled by the half-melted snow on the ground. I exhaled out a breath of cold air which fogged up the chilled window of the bus and doodled the word ‘Korea’. I was finally here! The homeland of Korean pop music and Korean food. It was … Continued
Thank you to Chris Backe for sharing one of his Seoul Itineraries with us from his book, Weird and Wonderful Korea “Welcome to Korea! An introduction: South Korea – home of soju, kimchi, and love motels. Presented here are the weird and wonderful parts of Korea – the places that tourists rarely reach and even locals don’t know … Continued
This is an entry in the We Said Go Travel Writing Contest written by Gloria Snyder from the USA. Thanks for your entry Gloria! From underwater, the distant breaking of quiet waves on the beach sound like sand moving, rhythmically, from one end of an hourglass to the other. On the thin beach between the … Continued