They still come. They walk in silence and pay their respects to individuals they never knew. They hoist their toddlers and they focus their cameras. They shake their heads. It was a tragedy that reached every corner of the globe and today, one hundred and three years later, it has not been forgotten. … Continued
I suppose you know a place has impacted you when you return to the place that you’re supposed to call home, and find that, like a coat from your childhood, it no longer fits that ideal of home. The place that managed to shake me this hard was the east coast of the United States, … Continued
India is a traveler’s paradise. It is rich and diverse; there is variety in climate, vegetation, terrain and much more. So, lucky was I when I embarked on a journey from north to south via land transport. Principal part of this journey was completed in a train much to my delight. This way I caught … Continued
I’ve watched the Mediterranean Sea lap onto the shore of a tiny Greek island while I swam in the surf at sunset. And I’ve strolled along a quay on the south coast of England, gazing out across the Channel toward France. But my favorite place to experience the coast is Atascadero Beach in Morro Bay, … Continued
It was not a long time ago that I was being too startled with my surrounding. I feel the fear conquered my inside. It was not about the world, yet it was about the things that happened around the world, in my atmosphere that I used to lived, … Continued
No one could ever doubt that the journey to this very spot was effortless. I have cried, slid ungracefully and I bitterly lost my phone in a certain powdered filled event. All on these very slopes. I am a seasonaire. One who has shamefully never skied on snow before landing and then living, on this … Continued
England: Inspiration and Bravery Found Running the Jurassic Coast I sit, exhausted, on the coarse burred covered heather oblivious to the prickles and thorns biting into my trembling tired legs. Elation overtakes my exhaustion, “I did it Les, I conquered it, I told you I would” I yell out in triumph to no-one … Continued
By Sapna Maria Gomez While sifting through the gravelled paths of my inwardly fruitful past, I now vividly see the subtle indentations that has softly marked my unquenchable past; a phase of my life that held in its abyss a soaring powerful force marginally enough to unequivocally make me stronger and courageously fearless. Then a … Continued
Just the thought of moving back to France nearly gave me a panic attack. All the work I had done over the past two years, living on our homestead in Virginia, raising chickens, Square-Foot-Gardening, being the PTA president of my kids’ school—all I had built with my hands and heart were supposed to have … Continued
‘It’s going to be two to three hours of walking a day, not much steeper than Rutland waters, isn’t it?’ Commented my twelve year old daughter with trusting conviction in her tone. ‘Actually, the itinerary mentions six to seven hours a day and it is much steeper than Rutland waters’, I answered haltingly, not wanting … Continued