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Tag: travel thoughts

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 […]

As Long As You’re Moving, You’re On Your Path.
Nomadism

As Long As You’re Moving, You’re On Your Path.

August 10, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

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 […]

In Defense of Aimless Wandering, Revisited
Europe, Nomadism

In Defense of Aimless Wandering, Revisited

June 26, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

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 […]

7 Hardcore Life Lessons Travel Teaches Faster
Adventure, Nomadism, Travel Advice

7 Hardcore Life Lessons Travel Teaches Faster

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

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
Culture, Europe, Nomadism, Travel Advice

Struggle: A Travel Manifesto

May 16, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

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 […]

Give Me Loneliness (a poem for travelers and dreamers)
Europe, Poetry & Fiction

Give Me Loneliness (a poem for travelers and dreamers)

May 9, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Sagres, Portugal, early May. This past weekend, after a few wonderful weeks of travel and adventure with friends and family, I gave myself the gift of […]

When You Don’t Want to be Friendly and Open and Curious
Adventure, Europe, Nomadism, Travel Advice

When You Don’t Want to be Friendly and Open and Curious

April 29, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

That’s okay. It’s normal. Go ahead and hermit.   I stare resolutely out the window of my Uber at the windy Cape Town day, quite […]

The Rough and Wrinkled Side of Adventure
Adventure, Europe

The Rough and Wrinkled Side of Adventure

April 25, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

Sunday, 23 April. Porto, Portugal. Welcome to the world of unplanned adventure. It’s messy. It’s unphotogenic. It’s wild-ish. It’s kind-hearted French tourists warning you that […]

Some Things I Like (About Travel)
Europe

Some Things I Like (About Travel)

April 15, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

  Lisbon, Portugal. Saturday afternoon, somewhere far from the city center. I like this cafe, edged in fading sunlight, that flanks a nondescript park. I […]

Don’t Take My Word For It
Africa, Nomadism, Travel Advice

Don’t Take My Word For It

February 11, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Everything I have ever written, everything I will ever write, represents an infinitesimal slice (mine) of an infinitely complex whole. I may speak of the […]

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