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Category: U.S.

What to Do with a 10-Hour Train Ride
Adventure, Travel Advice, U.S.

What to Do with a 10-Hour Train Ride

July 24, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

I’ve done that thing again. That thing where I look at plane tickets, look at train tickets, enter all available data into an elaborate equation […]

Coffee Culture, Slow Food, and Why Cape Town Has Both
Africa, Culture, Food, U.S.

Coffee Culture, Slow Food, and Why Cape Town Has Both

April 6, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

A side alley off Buitenkant Street, Gardens, City Center, Cape Town The first sip is bitter, sour, almost acrid, before my palette adjusts and the […]

Africa, Culture, U.S.

Kenya V United States (A Fun Chart)

April 13, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

This blip of time back in the U.S. has offered me some perspective on both Kenya and my home country, and a chance to reflect […]

Nature, U.S.

Waiting For The Invisible, Part III

October 3, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

I think I could write about autumn forever. Something about this turning of the season insists on words. I would like to complete the series […]

Nature, U.S.

I Went on a Vision Quest and All I Brought Back Was…

September 29, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

At exactly 3:00pm today, I passed the “Town of Middlebury” sign on Route 7. I’m back. Though it will be days, weeks, or perhaps months […]

U.S.

Why I am Doing a Vision Quest

September 17, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

(This article was originally published here at elephant journal. I decided I wanted to share it on this blog, too.) It’s just settling in that […]

Culture, U.S.

Servers Love When You Do These Things (Just Kidding. Never Do Any Of It!)

September 7, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

After a few years working as a server, sometimes part-time, sometimes full-time, always questioning my sanity, I think it is time to let you all […]

Culture, Poetry & Fiction, U.S.

An Ode to Small Towns

August 5, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

In the spirit of Buzzfeed and the general ethos of blogging at present, I would like to begin this post with a list. You know […]

Culture, U.S.

Oh, the Characters of Middlebury

July 25, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

One of my favorite things about working in restaurants is the unlimited entertainment potential of observing the characters that pass through. Middlebury, Vermont does not […]

Nature, U.S.

Waiting for the Invisible, Part II

July 16, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

(I promised lots of pictures this time…) Watermelon flower. I think I am a little bit in love with these plants. It’s official, there is […]

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