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Things I think on the road.

Ho Chi Minh City, Part 2: The American War

Ho Chi Minh City, Part 2: The American War

Destinations, Personal, Thoughts about life in general, Vietnam, Vietnam
Published on January 25, 20164 Comments on Ho Chi Minh City, Part 2: The American War

After I made it past the door man with my iPad in my backpack, I set out to explore my new neighborhood. Eventually I found what I was looking for on Bui Vien street behind my hotel: a backpacker neighborhood. You know you’re in the right place when you see folks...

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A different approach to thinking about travel

A different approach to thinking about travel

Thoughts, Travel
Published on October 9, 20156 Comments on A different approach to thinking about travel

Everywhere I go in the world, I meet people from the Netherlands (Holland). Tiny country, but those Dutch folks get around. It’s very common for people to do a long-term trip when they’re young,  and the travel bug stays with them for life.

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Protected: Can a “Manic Pixie Dream Girl of Midlife” Date without destroying people?

Thoughts about life in general, Travel
Published on October 1, 2015

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Moods: Choosing Joy

Moods: Choosing Joy

Thoughts about life in general
Published on August 20, 20157 Comments on Moods: Choosing Joy

Travel has the power to make you full of energy and wonder — for a few hours, days or even weeks. But then you get habituated to your new lifestyle — and become your everyday self again.

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I got your “midlife” right here.

I got your “midlife” right here.

Thoughts about life in general
Published on August 10, 2015Leave a comment on I got your “midlife” right here.

Middle Aged. Mature. Midlife. Menopausal. Matronly. Stodgy words that wear sensible shoes and clutch their pearls. There’s no way to even TALK about being 40 or 50 without first having to get past all the baggage attached to the vocabulary. It’s taken for granted that at this age, we’re...

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Motos and Batiks in Yogyakarta

Motos and Batiks in Yogyakarta

Nomadic life, Personal, Thoughts
Published on June 26, 20152 Comments on Motos and Batiks in Yogyakarta

The last couple of days have been weird, wacky and exhilarating — the best kind of travel days.

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Plot Twist!

Plot Twist!

Nomadic life, Thoughts about life in general, Travel
Published on June 8, 201511 Comments on Plot Twist!

In which Lauren becomes disillusioned with everything and escapes to Java. ~~~~~~~~~~~ The other day I completely dismantled everything about my life in just a few hours. My life is pretty flexible, so this is an easy thing for me to manage — maybe too easy. We’ll see.

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Baza, Spain: The Cave House, and Feeding My Soul

Baza, Spain: The Cave House, and Feeding My Soul

Granada, Spain, Thoughts about life in general
Published on May 2, 20151 Comment on Baza, Spain: The Cave House, and Feeding My Soul

Caves are cool, dark and silent. They resonate with earth energy — a sense of being grounded; vibrations as slow and rich as a Tibetan gong. I think that’s why I sleep so deeply in my cave house in southern Spain. Each morning as I reach for my phone...

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Nowhere to go but everywhere

wanderlust
Published on February 25, 20155 Comments on Nowhere to go but everywhere

A friend reminded me of this quote last night. The whole quote, as Kerouac wrote it, reads “Because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, so just keep rolling under the stars.” This time...

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Back on track…Africa, here I come!

Personal, Thoughts about life in general
Published on July 23, 2014Leave a comment on Back on track…Africa, here I come!

After my last post, a really kind ‘internet friend’ wrote to tell me that reading it made him sad.  He reminded me that my dream is solid and beautiful, and encouraged me to do whatever I needed to do to keep going forward. This is the response I sent...

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