Photo by Tudor Costache The Taken by the Wind blog has sort of been taken out to pasture lately; neglected, abandoned. I could say that it’s because I’ve been too busy apartment-hunting or studying for the GRE to write, but the truth is that I just think that I’ve grown tired of this subject-matter. I… Read More The Future of this Blog
“Growing up is never easy. You hold on to things that were. You wonder what`s to come. But that night, I think we knew it was time to let go of what had been, and look ahead to what would be. Other days. New days. Days to come. The thing is, we didn`t have to… Read More The Travel Stage
So much has happened in this past week I don’t even know where to begin so I guess I’ll just cut to the chase: Last week my favorite airline called to tell me that after two phone interviews, an in-person interview, a drug test and a 10-year criminal background check…they’d finally decided to hire me.… Read More Flying High
This past 4th of July I met a man who’d had his telephone area code tattooed to his shoulder. I was dumbfounded when he told me this. We were sitting around a bonfire in Santa Cruz, California when the topic of tattoos came up. “But…Why?!” was all I could think of to say in response.… Read More The Patriotic Tattoo
Alice in Wonderland by Annie Leibovitz “The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” – G. K. Chesterton “So how are you adjusting to life back in the US?” That’s a question I’ve gotten asked… Read More Alice in Americaland
Americans don’t travel abroad for a simple reason: they don’t want to. … Read More Why don’t more Americans travel abroad?
Globe Trotter by Carolyn B. Metro. I love this girl’s art! “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” – Freya Stark Everyone has their people; their ‘peeps’, their posse. You know, the people to whom you can talk in vague terms with and just know… Read More The X(pat) Factor