Romania confused me. It was just slightly outside of what I expected, and I struggled to understand it. On that first day wandering around Cluj-Napoca’s…
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Becoming a Global Citizen
Prove It That’s what I keep insisting to myself as I ponder the world from my vantage point. When I tell those who will listen…
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Positive Detox
Here’s a conundrum for you. How does one be positive, yet delve deeply into the un-positive, in order to be naturally positive? Confusing? Let me…
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All Inclusive — Perhaps Not
There are those that mount up upon their mighty tour buses, snap a picture or two from an open window, and call it an adventure.…
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I Was The Undead!
A few years back, I was an extra in an independent zombie movie called Deadlands 2: Trapped. No pay, but I did get free spaghetti…
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Phobias Cannot Be Cleansed With Hardhats
Caminito del Rey. Or ‘The King’s Little Pathway’, is a walkway, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Ardales in…
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Hands Up!
The year was 1977. The place, a small branch of The First Virginia Bank in a tiny strip shopping center. The teller on your far…
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Thank You Stephen King
I once went for a ride around the Virginia countryside and landed in a town called Scottsville for a bite to eat. And for some…
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Hammam … The Weirdest Bath I’ve Ever Had
I entered a small, yet ornately tiled room, filled with heat and steam. Along both walls to my left and right were built-in benches, also…
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