Freelance writer
Last fall, I noticed a recurring trend. In my writers’ groups on Facebook, people were always asking questions like… I pitched this story to Tractors Are Sexy Monthly, but they turned it down. Any ideas where else I should pitch it? I have a story about how running became my only source of sanity after […]
Happy 2017! Early January is one of my favorite times of the year; so full of possibilities for growth and change. For example? I just moved to Oaxaca, Mexico. (More on that in an upcoming post.) But you don’t need to be addicted to personal development books (like, um, me) to know nothing’s gonna happen […]
A few weeks ago, I explained my absence to you — I told you about the bad dream that has consumed my every day for the past 84 days. Despite the grief, though, life has continued. It has a way of doing that. And not all of it has been bad; in fact, some of it […]
Remember when I was supposed to be in El Salvador right now? Well, I’m not. I’m in good ol’ CNY. And because of that, I feel like a travel failure. My beautiful friend Maggie (who popped her travel cherry in Nicaragua with me) has teeth and a jaw that were long ago taken over by a […]
It’s hard to believe, but one year ago, I published my first post on Travel Junkette. It’s been an incredible year — I’d even venture to say one of the best of my life. (I mean, you can’t ever beat 17, but I don’t think you’re meant to.) I’ve traveled to six new countries, reunited […]
This blog, at its heart, is an adventure travel blog (uhh, didya see the name?). For travel junkies, junkettes, and wannabes. BUT, it is also my blog. It will have a lot of me in it. (And who am I? Well, if, shockingly, you’re someone other than my mom, then check out the “About” section […]