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My Number One Piece Of Advice If You Want To Move Abroad
This is going to be for my fellow unorganized friends. Trust me, I wish I was organized, but it is not how I function.
sara burdickPublished 2 years ago in WanderOn that Tuesday
It's that Tuesday, After that Monday When everyone was high on life–celebrating, When normal was tucked away and everything was special.
Heather HublerPublished 2 years ago in PoetsHow Reading "Eat, Pray, Love” in Bali Changed my Relationship with the Chakras
I’m reading the “Pray” section of the book “Eat, pray, love” which is based in India and it brings me straight back to my time learning yoga there. It’s quite fitting for me right now as I embark on a kind of homemade yoga retreat in Canggu, Bali.
Sh*t Happens - Lost Girl TravelPublished 2 years ago in LongevityI Unintentionally Shaped My Life Around a Dad Joke
I unintentionally shaped my life around a dad joke. A horse walks into a bar and the bartender says, “Hey, why the long face?”
Don't quit
I don't remember exactly how old I was when my father first took me fishing. I think it was before I went to school, but I can't say for sure, though.
5 One-Hit Wonders Who Have Made Millions From Their Only Hits
One-hit wonders are a rather unique trope in music. To put it briefly, a one-hit wonder is usually an artist who releases just one very popular song that their subsequent body of work simply cannot eclipse. Generally, one-hit wonder songs are extremely catchy and become staples of the mainstream to the point that it becomes difficult for the artist to further replicate their success.
One Thing You Love About Yourself
A few weeks ago I was inspired by a TikTok creator named Magnus Davies. Magnus had a series of videos where he would go up to strangers on the street and ask them what they love about themselves. I was so impressed with the interactions and conversations this created.
Matthew HandelPublished 2 years ago in HumansWhy I Won't Give Up Vaping
In my younger years, I used to be a smoker. I started with two, then before I knew it I was buying ten, then twenty, then forty.
Carol TownendPublished 2 years ago in PotentThe Coloring Book
My dad is a rowdy teenager in a middle aged man’s body. I’m not joking. He likes to party with his friends, chain smoke, rides a Harley and lives in screen prints and tennis shoes. He only dresses up for weddings and funerals, that is, if you call darker jeans and a button up shirt dressing up, and has in more than one stage of his life proudly sported a mullet. There’s no filter in his brain and he’ll say things that will embarrass everyone in hearing range. As a storyteller and entertainer by his very nature he’ll tell you the same story over and over again. I can guarantee you’ll laugh every time.
Leigh Ann TuttlePublished 2 years ago in ConfessionsInconsequential
My wife loved plants. Love, even as powerful of a word as it is, cannot accurately describe how intensely she felt about them. The leaves, the petals, the roots … were all intertwined within her. She could never walk past without running her fingers across them, without whispering a word of affection. Sometimes I felt as if she loved them more than me, more than herself.
Sara LarcaPublished 2 years ago in HumansHammer
I've been told I'm a hammer. I have a flat face, a prong in my back, and a handle to hold so I'm a hammer. But I'm not a good one cause I have doubt and once you do that you aren't a good hammer anymore.
Dylan RitchPublished 2 years ago in FictionWhite Room
As predicted I’ve been convicted of feeling sick in the head I wish you’d put me to bed So, I can wake up in sheets made of satin and honey sweet dreams
Jeffrey SparksPublished 2 years ago in PoetsAfter the Celebration
When the lights and music of the celebration begin to fade, attendees start wandering off in small groups or alone. Walking across the fairgrounds toward the coming rain,
All Hallow's Eve
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window. Abandoned… Or so everyone in town had thought.
Joseph A TodaroPublished 2 years ago in FictionFinal Journal
Recording 1 [Crackling, soft muttering sounds] Is this thing on? Dang it all, this thing is older than I am. [Painful scraping sound- a chair being dragged across the ground, perhaps?]
Kristen SladePublished 2 years ago in FictionIn a Cabin, In the Woods
The cabin in the woods had been abandoned for years, but one night, a candle burned in the window and signified the Court of the Candle was in session.
J. S. WadePublished 2 years ago in HorrorTongue-in-Cheek PRIDE
Invites and encouragement I declined, Confused expressions are what I find, From youthful exuberance eager to go, And watch the corporate pageantry all for show,
Emma Edwins (R.T. Edwins)Published 2 years ago in PoetsRelient K: Two Lefts Don't Make a Right...But is This Album As Good As I Remember?
Were you even a Christian kid in the 2000s if you didn't know every "word" to Relient K's seminal masterwork "Gibberish"? 2003 was a funny time to be alive, especially for Christian rock bands and their fans.
Joshua Luke JohnsonPublished 2 years ago in Beat"Urban Light"
When I travel, I will take in a museum or historical site. Some of my favorites have been Chichen Itza, the Smithsonian museums, and the National Mall. I have been visiting museums since I was a teenager, visiting many and only a few many times. The Norton Simon Museum has been a favorite since my first visit. Other museums include the Pacific Asia Museum, The Huntington Library, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). Even with the current demolition and construction, LACMA still draws tourists - many stopping to strike a pose at the Public Art "Urban Light."
Rebecca A Hyde GonzalesPublished 2 years ago in WanderAfter Pride
After Pride Month is over Fear and prejudice does not abate There are still battles to be fought Everyday, at home, at work, at school and social
Natasja RosePublished 2 years ago in Poets