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Tag: stillness

If I Could Fly: Seeking Stillness in Movement
Nomadism

If I Could Fly: Seeking Stillness in Movement

August 19, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

Vermont. 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 […]

Johnny Cash and Slow Travel
Adventure, Africa, Europe

Johnny Cash and Slow Travel

November 8, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

8:15 a.m. Self-Service Restaurant “Mediterraneo.” Grandi Navi Veloci ferry from Tangier to Barcelona. I look up from my breakfast—a somewhat sad assortment of boxed orange […]

When the Power Goes Out (a poem for quiet moments)
Africa, Poetry & Fiction

When the Power Goes Out (a poem for quiet moments)

February 10, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

I wrote this during one of Kenya’s (frequent, albeit brief) power outages. Though inconvenient, I find they can offer some much-needed respite from the constant […]

Africa, Poetry & Fiction

That Sand in your Toes Feeling

January 16, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

Today was a gorgeous day at Diani Beach. For the first time in a long time, I felt poetry pushing at my fingertips. I hope […]

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