What’s In the Traveler’s Handbag?
You would not believe what I find in my handbag. Somehow, the damn thing just gets out of control. Business cards. Old receipts. Lila hands me odds and ends, and I just pop them in the bag. Things I want to keep but don’t know what to do with them. All kinds of...
Homecoming Is As A Bittersweet Chocolate Truffle
We spent six months living in Panama on a tiny island off the Caribbean coast where only a footpath leads from one side to the other, and everyone knows each other by first name. Then we went back to the United States. Before we left Panama, though, we spent a week in...
The New Brighton: A Quiet Cafe On Sarmiento
I would have ignored Sarmiento 645, The New Brighton Restaurant, if I had just been out for a walk. Something about its large ornate doors and old fashioned wooden interior conjured images of an overpriced and painfully tourist trap, meaning soggy milanesa rounding...You Don’t Have To Leave The House To See the World
I sit here today on the cusp of signing a one-year-lease on a little house in Salta. Can you imagine? One whole year living in one place? It seems almost unimaginable after more than two years of constant travel. But wait! Does this mean I can no longer call myself a...How To Pay For Two Years Of Travel — Part II
Picking up from last Friday´s How to Pay For Two Years of Travel — Part I. When you have no choice but to pay for the night! Sometimes, you´ll find yourself stuck and will have to pay by the night. There are always cheap options for this as well. I have not yet...About Leigh
I'm a writer and mentor currently living in Argentina. Want to know how I created my ideal writing life?
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