When we travel, we become someone different. We are an observer, an explorer, a cultural connoisseur. By escaping the binds of our ordinary lives, by emptying ourselves of all that, we allow space for new things. And we take in all there is to absorb--the people, the sounds, the smells and tastes, the history. We fill ourselves up with new ideas, new perspectives.

And when we are done, when we are weary and aching to return home, we don't leave those things behind. Because along with the trinkets and t-shirts, we carry home a collection of souvenir memories that forever remind us of the places we have been.

And then we use them. We share our stories. We show our photos. We write. We paint. We communicate--in every way we can--the experiences, the lessons, the impressions.

TRAVEL STORIES is about all of that. Enjoy!

 

 
 
 
 

TRAVEL STORIES

A Very Special Place: Monhegan Island, Maine, Maggie Dean

Above Kibber, Gemma Mathewson

Avalokiteshwara (Of Taos and Tabo), Gemma Mathewson

Key, Gemma Mathewson

Check this box, Gemma Mathewson

How a Light Becomes the Moon, Jen Payne

Antietem, West Virginia, T.J. Buckley

On the Road: Big Bend National Park, Jen Payne

Les Américains, Jen Payne

A Trip to the Top of Mt. Blanc, Carol Nicklaus

Travel...What a Word, by Steph Payne