Letting Go So I Can Move On
Today is the day I allow my Victoria blog domain to die. Now it’s just another lowly wordpress.com site. Writing-wise, it was like a bad pair of jeans. Sure, it gave me something to write about, but it...
View ArticlePondering the Pineapple Express
The “Pineapple Express” isn’t just a stoner movie that’ll have you hitting the Cheetos, it’s a weather phenomenon that instills dread in the hearts of West Coasters. It’s days of unseasonal warm...
View ArticleDark & Beautiful: The Brain & Creativity
The human brain is a marvelous and terrifying thing. I once heard that science knows as little about the deep sea as it does the human brain. The last frontiers. Is that true? Really, the only thing...
View ArticleA Roasted Chicken Kinda Day
Some days — grey-sky, nothin’-doin’ kinda Sundays (or stat Mondays) — are made for puttering around the home, listening to some podcasts, cleaning, cooking. And those are the days made for roasting...
View ArticleIt's Not Just Where I Go, It's What I Leave Behind
This is a whopping 2,200 words. I’ve written it more for me than you, but I hope you too can enjoy it. When I leave on a jetplane to my unpredictable life abroad, I see myself doing a few things to...
View ArticleOut of Adversity Comes Awesome
Life moves quickly. I whiled my weekend sourcing luggage and committing to one. I’ve had travel inoculations. I’ve made a financial strategy re banks and credit. I know the average blogger pulls the...
View ArticleRisks vs Reward: Travelling the World As a Single Woman
When I tell people my travelling-for-five-years plan, they’re generally really excited to hear about it, but they also question the safety. Not just of a woman travelling alone throughout all kinds of...
View Article(Almost) Every Writer's Dreams
Tick. Tock. The countdown continues. 5 months and 1 week, I jam from these digs. Off to Vancouver for The Grand Farewells, and zipping to Croatia, as my uber-nomadic adventure begins, setting the stage...
View ArticleOwning My Moment
They’ll tell you life flashes before your eyes right before you almost die. I can’t testify to that. I was too busy almost dying to take a scenic ride through my life on the two instances I nearly met...
View ArticleIn Which Steff Travels the World
Hey, all! My travel plans are coming together nicely, and so it is time to launch my Indiegogo campaign. I don’t want you to GIVE me money, I want to earn it. I’ll send you things, or you can...
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