Places and countries I have traveled to.
The wing lights of a plane are blinking in the clear, dusky distance. The engine is purring and humming, propelling the aircraft towards its destination. It reminds me, as I sit …
“Follow it!” Murray exclaimed as I stepped off the path careful not to snap a twig under my hiking boots and scare it away. It was a little bird that …
“Here’s a prescription for Ativan,” the doctor said as he handed me a slip of paper. Fear wouldn’t let me sleep the previous night. It had me curled up on …
“The destination is inconsequential. The journey is home,” Øyvind, a five-time Camino walker from Norway, said to me while I hung my laundry to dry under the warm rays of …
It’s been two months since I returned home and much has happened to help get me back on my feet again. Mom says I must have an angel because when …
I should have journaled about this a while ago now, but I’m home in Canada…for now. I returned December 17th after being robbed for the third time inside the bus …
Hotel California began to play as the bus laboured through the oxygen depleted atmosphere nearing the gravel pull-off towards the infamous Death Road…
Beginning from the day I left Viacha, Bolivia, I was feeling trapped behind the black wrought iron gates with the pointy tops. The silver padlock and two dogs, Speedy the …
As much as I like the feeling of security, I feel trapped here inside this large gated yard in Viacha, Bolivia. Yesterday, I didn’t leave the yard, and aside from …
Now that my cold is getting better, I am trying to plan my next steps. The last two robberies really set me back emotionally and made me feel unsafe, so …
The last few days I have been laying low with a head cold. Actually, I have hardly left the house at all in three days other than I wandered outside …
Have you ever been totally oblivious about something that has happened to you until one moment the light bulb of hindsight blinks on? Then you start to replay the reel …