Wanderlusters: Running Away Doesn’t Work. (But Run Anyway!)
I’m going through some old writings in anticipation of a possible project or two, and as always, it is a fascinating adventure to chat with my former self.
Writing archive
Essays & Travelogue
New writing lives on Substack — essays, notes, and the conversations I’m having now. This page is the Vagabondess Blog Archive: articles published August 2012 through March 2024.
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Continue Reading: Wanderlusters: Running Away Doesn’t Work. (But Run Anyway!)
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I’m not responsible for anyone’s Transformation
Continue Reading: I’m not responsible for anyone’s TransformationSaturday, 23 June, 2018 — Finca Agroecologica La Flor, Cartago, Costa Rica — Yoga & Mindfulness Immersion I sit straddling the drum, rocking forward with each beat—the only way I know to comfortably play this instrument.
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Choose Power: A Dream-Inspired Thought Experiment
Continue Reading: Choose Power: A Dream-Inspired Thought ExperimentChoose Power: A Dream-Inspired Thought Experiment — an essay from Toby’s on-site writing archive, written before new work moved to Substack.
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Remember: This Journey is Just a Walk in the Woods
Continue Reading: Remember: This Journey is Just a Walk in the WoodsHow many times must I meet you before I remember your stubborn face? In work, in travel, in body, in love—nothing is truly stable, not at the core.
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How do you Organize a Local Event when you’re Not a Local?
Continue Reading: How do you Organize a Local Event when you’re Not a Local?I look around the circle at faces from here (Costa Rica), the U.S., Venezuela, Canada, Germany; I see peace and unity and potential. This is the conscious community I want to cultivate in my life, and my world.
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How to Return when there is No Turning Back
Continue Reading: How to Return when there is No Turning BackThe train whistles as it arrives at the station. Friends and loved ones wait with brilliant smiles and open arms to welcome your return. It feels different, but you know it has not changed.
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Microadventure in Costa Rica: 3 Snippets of Daily Life
Continue Reading: Microadventure in Costa Rica: 3 Snippets of Daily LifeBetween organizing events, being a full-time masters student, and working on the amazing NuMundo platform, I haven’t had time for big travel. And I feel pretty great about that, because every day is already an adventure.
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Podcast: WERK for Peace Founding Organizer Firas Nasr talks Peaceful Protesting
Continue Reading: Podcast: WERK for Peace Founding Organizer Firas Nasr talks Peaceful ProtestingIntroducing (maybe): a new platform for all the podcast lovers in here! Last week I had the honor of speaking with WERK for Peace founding organizer (and my good friend) Firas Nasr about peaceful protesting.
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How Technology Could (Maybe) Create a Nu World
Continue Reading: How Technology Could (Maybe) Create a Nu WorldWill it result in a “pax technologica” independent of hegemonic power and military force? Or will it only deepen existing divides between different nationalities, ethnicities, and cultural groups, perpetuating conflicts and impeding understanding? It is an exciting time to be thinking about these questions.
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It’s Not about Being Good—It’s about Being Bold
Continue Reading: It’s Not about Being Good—It’s about Being BoldIt’s Not about Being Good—It’s about Being Bold — an essay from Toby’s on-site writing archive, written before new work moved to Substack.
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Why I Don’t Care about International Relations
Continue Reading: Why I Don’t Care about International Relations[Our] accomplishments do not make the Western paradigm exceptional or suggest in any way that it has or ought to have a monopoly on the path to the future.
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Pure Light, Pure Life: A Costa Rica Snapshot
Continue Reading: Pure Light, Pure Life: A Costa Rica SnapshotPure Light, Pure Life: A Costa Rica Snapshot — an essay from Toby’s on-site writing archive, written before new work moved to Substack.
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On Growing Wings & The Value of Figuring It Out for Yourself
Continue Reading: On Growing Wings & The Value of Figuring It Out for YourselfI have the clearest memory of asking my father for help tying my shoes. I was sitting on the bottom step of our unfinished basement—I must have been around four years old—trying to remember something about a rabbit and a hole.
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But Still: A Short Story on the Wisdom of Trust
Continue Reading: But Still: A Short Story on the Wisdom of TrustBut Still: A Short Story on the Wisdom of Trust — an essay from Toby’s on-site writing archive, written before new work moved to Substack.
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How to be an Incorrigible Optimist, or, What I’m Doing in Costa Rica
Continue Reading: How to be an Incorrigible Optimist, or, What I’m Doing in Costa Rica“We are the crazy ones who choose to believe in peace,” he concluded. One sliver in a blurred progression of notable speakers and presentations that overfilled my two-day orientation at UPeace (University for Peace) in El Rodeo, Costa Rica, his words stuck with me.
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