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Mondays are for dreaming: A departure from your regularly scheduled program

I’d like to interrupt my series of London posts (don’t worry, I’ve got lots more planned) to share something that is currently going on in Mother-Of-All-Trips land. I’ve been thinking over the past few days about the amount of traveling I’ve done since last August. There was of course the annual trip to Vermont, followed [...]

Mondays are for dreaming: Future nomads

Yes, I realize that it’s Tuesday and even almost Wednesday in some parts of the world, but since I actually had this dream on Monday and just didn’t find time to record it, I’m going to give myself a pass. This past weekend I was at a conference with many other travel bloggers. One of [...]

The birth of a traveling mom

It might seem obvious that I didn’t enter this world as a traveling mother, although sometimes even I forget that fact. No, first I was a kid who traveled not too much (except that year in Italy), then an adolescent and young adult who got around a bit, finally someone who was gainfully employed and [...]

What my mother taught me about travel

Note: I originally published this post last year, but share it with you again today in honor of my mother. Much of the advice I offer about traveling is actually the opposite of what my mother would have done. When planning for a trip, a good rule of thumb is to consider what her approach [...]

“Screen time” on the road – or an ode to my own hypocrisy

My name is Mara and I am addicted to my new iPhone. Phew. It feels good to write those words. I’m a little sad and ashamed to report that on our recent trip to Los Angeles and Arizona, I was guilty of something I deplore – hunching over the screen of my phone, thumbs working, [...]

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