Alternate Realities

Surely, I’m not the only one that does this. I will visit some place in the course of my travels, and the sight of something, anything, will set it off. I am sucked into another version of my life, a mirror, a revision, a story that could be mine not in an “if only” way, …


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Open Thread: We Have to Talk.

This week has been one stupid internet thing after another. A friend told me about an offer to engage in sketchy blogging practices from a company I’d previously thought of as legit. It bummed me out. I got spam asking me to run a “We’re traveling the world, you’re in the rat race” infographic and …


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Stuff I Like Near Anchorage, Alaska

I went to Anchorage to speak at a travel event and I tacked a few days on to my stay — here are the things I really enjoyed during my short visit. Scott McMurren (of the Alaska Tour Saver) arranged for my travel and two nights stay, Visit Anchorage covered the rest. In the interest …


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Postcard from RussiAlaksa

“Hi!” “Well, hello. How come you’re not inside?” “I’m hot blooded. I was getting too hot in there. I’m warm blooded in the summer and cold blooded in the winter, I save up all my summer heat for winter and burn it off then.” “Are your parents in there?” “My dad is. And my sister. …


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