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Adventure, Europe, Nature

Off to the Camino… Travel Update and See You Later!

June 4, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

On Sunday, June fifth (yes, that’s tomorrow), I will close my laptop. I will put it on a shelf, and I will not see it […]

Adventure, Africa

Next Up, Cape Town: Meeting the Voice of Intuition

December 24, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Chapman’s Peak, near one of my possible next homes. The flights are booked. Philadelphia —> NYC —> Amsterdam —> Helsinki. Short pause. Helsinki —> London […]

Europe, Nomadism

What is this Feeling? …Nostalgia??

September 15, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

Stunning views from my seat flying Catania, Sicily to Istanbul (on my way to Stockholm… I should not have opted to fly that way, and […]

Africa

I Might Really Miss This Place

August 7, 2015May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

A rainbow came out especially for my “picture-taking day.” As I prepare to leave Zanzibar (Nungwi, more specifically; East Africa, more broadly), the place that […]

Culture, Europe

Hostels: Beyond the Horror Movie Story

December 3, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Picture it: A group of Portuguese boys play ping pong and try not to spill beer. Behind them, Spanish girls converse– loudly– with strangers via […]

Africa

Zanzibar!

November 26, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Have you ever written a sonnet?* A sonnet’s beauty and difficulty both lie in the restraints placed around its form. Fourteen lines, iambic pentameter, and […]

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Would You Like to be Email Listed?

September 6, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

Dear friends and readers, I have decided (I think) to start up a monthly email update as a kind of lazy-man’s alternative to remembering to […]

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New Articles on Elephant Journal

July 21, 2014May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/07/dig-to-the-bottom-other-lessons-i-learned-from-thrift-store-shopping-toby-israel/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2014/07/its-okay-to-be-a-jewbu-but-im-not-toby-israel/ Check them out! ~

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Links to Latest Article and the TV Interview That Followed

October 25, 2013May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

I’ve had an exciting publication recently on Salon-http://www.salon.com/2013/10/07/tales_of_a_female_hitchhiker/ …which led to a TV interview this morning with WGN:http://morningnews.wgntv.com/2013/10/25/woman-describes-challenges-excitement-while-hitchhiking-across-europe/ Getting my foot in the door, one […]

Europe

Toby and Alyssa Take on Istanbul

March 30, 2013May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

For the last six days I had the great pleasure of traveling with the beautiful, brilliant, best of friends, Alyssa Raven Thomas.  What a welcome […]

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