Tag: travel

A Local Adventure – Columcille

I think so many times traveling gets shoehorned into the definition of some out of reach construct that takes a colossal amount of time and money and can only be achieved by going to some far off destination. Even Oxford Dictionary defines travel as going from one place to another, typically over a large distance. …

Best Gifts for Travelers Lovers

With the holidays coming up, I thought I would create a list of the best gifts for travel lovers (whether you buy them for yourself or others 😉). This year has been hard for traveling but there are still ways to celebrate the joy of traveling. I love giving gifts and seeing the reactions of …

How to be Sustainable in College During COVID-19

Defining a term brings great power and clarity. The concept of sustainability has several definitions dependent on what facet you are concentrating on and is intertwined across many disciplines. For the purpose of this post, sustainability is defined as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their …

A Local Adventure – Stoneleigh

I am a big believer that literature informs travel and vice versa. In The Writing Life Annie Dillard asks, “why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed? Can the writer isolate and vivify all in experience that most deeply engages our intellects and our …

My Travel Playlists

Everyone knows traveling can be exhausting. There’s nothing like a pick me up playlist to lift your spirits. In fact, in my last post I named a good playlist as one of the top 5 most essential things to have with you while traveling. I have three go-to playlists depending on what kind of traveling …

5 Things Every Solo Traveler Needs

When traveling alone packing becomes Priority #1 because if you forget it, there’s no one to fall back on. You could Google the basic travel essentials until the end of time so here are five “off the beaten path” items every solo traveler needs. Tripod – for pictures to show everyone when you get home. …

Why Hiking is One of the Best Day Trips Right Now

*disclaimer please make sure to do research on area specific COVID-19 policies before traveling I just got back from hiking Acadia National Park and I’m probably not the first to tell you, it is a beautiful work of nature. I took a day trip up from southern Maine and hiked Bubble Rock, Jordan Pond and …