New Year’s Resolution #8: Volunteer (That Is, No Excuses)
Diploma packed away, plane ticket booked, and my new suitcase – a graduation gift – bulging at the zips, I prepared for a year-long volunteer program in Glasgow, Scotland. 22 […]
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New Year’s Resolution #7: Be Less Stressed (That Is, Let Off Some Steam)
“We should be getting close,” Meghan promised, pointing at the trickle of hot water meting our icy path. She’d been saying this for 45 minutes, up hills and through knee-high […]
A Wise Person Is One Who Says “Thank You”….
An anecdote: I don’t remember volunteering to play at their funerals. Instead, I recall the underlying weariness and humble desperation of a neighborhood familiar with midnight knife fights, alcohol addictions, drug […]
New Year’s Resolution #5: Spend More Time With Family (That Is, Love The Ones You’re With)
No cleaning rotation chart hung on the fridge, yet dishes were always washed before mold set in. Not once did someone forget to restock toilet paper, though we resorted to paper […]
New Year’s Resolution #2: Get Out of Debt/Save Money (That Is, Spend Less To Get More)
Arriving with nothing more than a backpack each, my hosts – Alex, Hadyn and Rich – spent the first week in Revelstoke, Canada, without furniture. Rich and his girlfriend, Sal, […]
10 Most Commonly Broken New Year’s Resolutions (Reinterpreted for the Road)
365 days always expire a lot faster than my resolutions do. One list gets added to the next, and suddenly 2013 includes things from as far back as 2008, like […]
New Year’s Resolution #1: Travel to New Places (That is, Say Yes And Stay)
Gnorm was up to his pointed red cap in fresh powder, a tuft of brown plaster hair barely visible above the drifts. After five days of nonstop snowfall – big, […]
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