Quotes for the Temporarily-Settled Traveler
There’s something about opening a map in a fresh space and carefully unfolding each square in the center of your vision. It’s the same feeling I get when I unpack […]
Author Archives: Too Mutch For Words
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unexpected
Unbeknownst to two European bathers, an unexpected terror stalks the white sands of Cottesloe Beach. Great White sharks are not the only man-eating menace along this Western Australian coastline. Here, […]
Why Do We Travel? Discovering Human Connections In Cebu, Philippines
It wasn’t until the black metal barrel swung towards my face, that I re-considered the warnings, “Don’t visit Cebu.” This bbq stall – one of ten identical tables serving grilled […]
An Absence of Internet, and the Benefits of Isolation
“Well I’m changing all my strings, I’m gonna write another travelin’ song. About all the billion highways and the cities at the break of dawn. I guess the best that […]
Weekly Photo Challenge: Infinite
“He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour […]
Flavor of the Week: Kangaroo Tail Soup
To look at the frozen bloody stump that once propelled Australia’s icon across the Outback is to seriously consider vegetarianism. And that’s a dramatic statement, given my current location. Down […]
How to Love a Town You Don’t, Steps 5-8
Two years ago, daily lamentations filled up the journal I had carried to an isolated mining town in Western Australia. Against all good advice to “make the most of it,” I hated Newman. The bugs, […]
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