Today I arrived in Cartagena. I hadn’t planned on arriving alone. My first week was supposed to be a vacation, with my son. But he and I have…
My flight leaves in 7 days, 21 hours. The past two days were the longest of my life.
Things are changing, rapidly. I’ve sold most of my dance costumes now, and performed my final show as a soloist. Just one major troupe gig left, and then…
What I am: A full-time bellydance/yoga teacher and part-time writer, tethered to the Illinois town of her birth by home and business ownership. What I want to be:…
When I tell people that I’m finally heading out of the country after 10 years of working toward the goal of becoming a nomad, I get the strangest…
I’m so looking forward to a week in an idyllic hostel with my son… but I can’t continue to live in a $40/night room after he goes home,…
Just moments ago, I booked my flight out of the country to begin my nomadic life. I have decided to spend the first year or so in South…
I recently had the strange, spiritually-resonant experience of hearing the exact same sentence from the mouths of at least a dozen friends within one week, in a variety…
When my plan to leave the country was first hatched, ten years ago, I was staying in a long term relationship ‘for the sake of the kids.’ He…
What is it like to try to get rid of EVERYTHING you own? Well, it’s daunting. Utterly overwhelming. And very liberating. I’ve just begun. I won’t be renting…