TobyVermont. Early August, 2017. Stillness. It’s 1:04pm, and the August sun is hitting my laptop screen at just the right angle that I must squint […]
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As Long As You’re Moving, You’re On Your Path.
In this moment of deep transition, a few brief thoughts on “following our path,” and what that really means. A well-intentioned friend recently cautioned me about […]
What to Do with a 10-Hour Train Ride
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 […]
How to Go Out Alone (& Not Hate It)
It’s 2009, and I’m eighteen. Paris is home for the year. It’s a chilly night in early winter. Ten or eleven o’clock. I’ve just gotten […]
“Won’t You Stay?” A Short Story about Leaving.
Written in Taghazout, Morocco in October 2016. Originally published in elephant journal. Won’t You Stay? A bird came to rest on a branch outside my window one […]
In Defense of Aimless Wandering, Revisited
I’m riding from Sweden to Finland on a ferry named Grace, pondering over aimless wandering. I’ll come back to that. Grace is probably ten stories […]
“Smile As You’re Dancing.” Thoughts for Those Seeking to Rewild
I first published this piece well over a year ago on Rebelle Society. Since, I have gone much deeper into my exploration of rewilding. Back […]
The Wild Song and Where to Find It
Seek. Wildness. The signals have been clear for a while now. Years. This is one of the most important things we can do in our overly […]
7 Hardcore Life Lessons Travel Teaches Faster
Travel is a relentless teacher. There are no bathroom breaks, no question and answer sessions, and no weeks off for study or review. We jump […]
Struggle: A Travel Manifesto
If you travel (or live), where the mother tongue is not your mother tongue, you will struggle. The mundane will become complex and challenging, and […]