Travel

Traveling Abroad: A Lesson In Humanity

A guest post by Dani, author of Positively Present. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been traveling. I’ve been from Washington, DC to London to Manchester to Lancaster and back again and, though I’ve learned many things on my journey, one of the most important topics I’ve learned a lot about is people. Yes, people. [...]

August 26, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Reflections Of A Road Warrior

Authored by Linda Naugle, TJCC Contributor I would venture to guess that most of you like to travel. Who doesn’t enjoy having a little change of pace every once in a while? Even if you aren’t enchanted by your destination, it’s likely that you appreciate home that much more. My name is Linda and I [...]

August 14, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Lessons From Miraval: It’s Not About The Horse

Post written by Laura Cococcia. You can follow Laura on Twitter. I didn’t grow up with many animals, mainly because I grew up with four brothers and sisters. There’s only so much room for an already well-occupied zoo. During the past year, though, I’ve had a number of unplanned experiences with horses. The first was [...]

August 2, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

How Much Pride Do You Take In What You Do?

A guest post by Jennifer Monahan-Searles. I recently took my first trip to Japan. The country was beautiful, and I thoroughly enjoyed visiting the many shrines, temples and museums while I was there. However, what impressed me most about Japan was the consistent level of personal pride each person I interacted with took in what [...]

July 30, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Elisa Reviews: San Sebastian, Spain

Another guest contributor! I’m thrilled to feature my good friend and fellow world-traveler Elisa Phillips and her review of San Sebastian, Spain. As with all travel commentary featured here, we make sure to include books and articles (the written word) that can be useful resources. Package it all up and you have a fantastic personal [...]

May 12, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

Interview with National Geographic’s Marc Silver

It’s always been my dream job to write for National Geographic. But, the next best thing is having the chance to talk to someone who does. I had the distinct privilege of interviewing Marc Silver, National Geographic’s Deputy Director of Departments. Silver’s writing expertise doesn’t stop there – he’s also the author of Breast Cancer [...]

May 10, 2009 CONTINUE READING →

A Basket of Leaves: 99 Books that Capture the Spirit of Africa: Geoff Wisner Interview

This summer, I’m going to Ghana on a volunteer trip to teach young children. In the meantime, I’m making sure to read absolutely everything related to the people, country and continent. It’s almost like taking a class, except the teacher is me, so I can assign homework whenever I choose. I’m thrilled to share my [...]

April 19, 2009 CONTINUE READING →