- There, and Back Again Travel always welcomes a reset for me. The new environs gives me a new headspace. It’s normally the seemingly mundane trips away from home where I find myself reorganizing the content with my mental / spiritual / technological borders. I’ve just returned from nearly a week in Indianapolis, and this trip was no different. I’m […]
- And All Manner Of Thing Shall Be Well Photo by the lovely Darrelle Good, who has been blogging from Munich, and who will train to Vienna tomorrow today and meet me as my flight tomorrow lands me back into the arms of Europe’s sister Winter. We will move from Vienna and run around Switzerland and stay with a lovely friend for a few […]
- Fresh as a Falcon; 30 Cities in my 30th Year This post is part of a “blog carnival” on the word Fresh. Do click here to read many other interpretations of the word, in blog form. Big thanks to Regina for organizing this. Not long ago I turned thirty. There were more than 3 celebrations. We celebrated big. I made us 8 dozen Portuguese and […]
- Roadtrip – Leg Wyoming After a relaxing day two in Salt Lake which included a free concert on the lawn with Jenny Lewis and Bon Iver [happiness], we took off for about 450 miles on I-80 through Wyoming. Now, Wyoming has been terrifically endeared to me in the last 8 hours of driving, and it’s not just because we […]
- Roadtrip – Leg Salty Lake This afternoon we arrived in Salt Lake City. Incidentally, the vast majority of the roads here are named things like 2050 East or 1700 West. This is so because the whole of the city is mapped out according to its distance from the Mormon Temple at its center. Curious. We also learned that July is […]
- Roadtrip – Leg Vegas Well, now. Luisa and Nelly are on a great adventure. Leg #1 of the Roadtrip to deliver Darrelle’s Jeep to Colorado is finished. I’ve learned a few things. 1. One should check the oil and coolant before the trip. While Lu got a last minute camping accessory at REI, I checked the Jeepie’s oil in […]
- Adeus, Los Angeles I am at LAX awaiting my delayed Southwest Airlines flight to Seattle. I so need this little mini-holiday from the madness that has been my last 3-6 months. By night’s fall I shall be welcomed onto Whidbey Island with hugs and hoorays from Jesse and Trevor Borden and the funky bunch. Yesterday I had to […]
- Brazil, I Would Like to Go To You; Me Discreetly in USA Today Even if every Brazilian I’ve met makes fun of my Portugal-accent in my horrendous Portuguese, I want to go to Brazil. (Girl in Brazil. By Gustavo Minas.) Also, my Travel Tips in 140 characters were recently published in the USA Today via Twitter. I thought that was cute. I am the @Freshgreenbeans.
- day 12 / air
- I Remember the Sky in Vienna, with Holga
- We Covered A Lot of Ground in July Too bad Google wouldn’t let me draw my driving directions from La Plata, Maryland, as well. We went a long way in July, honey. Today I am safe and snug back in Pasadena, wanting to write down all that I learned and remembered. I will try, I will. If you are patient.
- To the Land, I go In the morning I’m leaving on the slow train up to see Barbara (“Baba”) and the land up North. It is always good to rest there, since Baba lives and breathes the pure peace of Jesus. Hopefully this go around the Portuguese train tracks won’t catch ablaze. Last summer’s journey was crazy. When I return, […]