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Hitchhiking in Israel
Careless youth meets harsh reality in this taut memoir. A hitchhiking trip gone wrong is made suddenly right in the most unexpected way.
Bobbi Lerman
Feb 258 min read


Life through Adventurous Eyes: Weathering the Storms, Writing the Stories
D.J. Green has lived an adventurous life. Now, she wonders, can words do justice to her memories?
D.J. Green
Dec 11, 20235 min read


Lost and Found in Paris with Les Frenchies Star Colleen Dupont
How Les Frechies star Colleen Dupont lost herself and found her voice - and YouTube fame - in the city of light.
Jean Shields Fleming
Nov 17, 202310 min read


Dispatch from the Edge of Hope
A late career shift led Karen Kemp to join a tribe of unlikely optimists - wildlife warriors fighting to protect bonobos.
Karen Kemp
Aug 11, 20237 min read


Living in the Present Tense
Returning to "real life" after six months in France, Wendy Nelson is determined to find joie de vivre in New England.
Wendy Nelson
Dec 18, 20216 min read


Le Fast Food
After months of waxing elegiac about eating ridiculously well in France, it's time to eat le fast food.
Wendy Nelson
Jul 7, 20218 min read


Driving Spirit: An Interview with Rally Race Car Driver Renée Brinkerhoff
Rally driver Renée Brinkerhoff on competing in a man’s world, risking it all, and saying yes to big, wild desires.
Jean Shields Fleming
Jun 16, 202114 min read


Let Them Buy Shoes
The joys of the well shod foot - a new dispatch from pandemic France My name is Wendy, and I am a shoe addict. There, I said it. And...
Wendy Nelson
Mar 31, 20215 min read


It's still pretty chouette here
D and I arrived in Montpellier the first week of January for his university sabbatical. He’s working, and I am enjoying the freedom of being
Wendy Nelson
Mar 11, 20214 min read
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