works of wanderlust

Category: wandering & thinking

  • What counts as a “visit” when traveling?

    I have a rule about traveling. Specifically, I have a rule about how I talk about traveling. When someone asks have you ever visited a place then my response is often… well… technically, that depends… sorta… kinda… here let me explain… So, here. Let me explain. I’ve been poking through a lot of travel blogs

    …read more

  • Two Months of Blogging Lessons

    The thing about writing a daily blog is that you’ve got to, well… write daily. I’m not looking for pity or sympathy. In fact, I signed up for this and I’m loving it as a way to start my weekdays or settle into a weekend. It does often take effort to figure out my topic,

    …read more

  • Family Day

    Where I live we have a province-wide statutory holiday called Family Day. Today. It always falls on the third Monday of February, and for as long as I’ve been working it has been a random day off in the middle of winter with a clear theme, but no clear method of celebration. You don’t exchange

    …read more

  • Writing Up a Reason

    Something funny happened nearly three years ago in the months following a sad decision to shutter my sixteen-year-old blog. I did less. No, really. I took fewer photos. I went on fewer adventures. I engaged less and less with new projects. I virtually stopped attempting to tackle new skills. Admittedly, I was busier day-to-day with

    …read more

  • Would You Rather Camp or Trek?

    Here’s a question for any outdoors person… given a year to do one or the other, and all things being equal, would you rather: Camp, in as much as you have a whole year to build an amazing setup in the wilderness, craft a log cabin with your own hands, spend your days foraging, building,

    …read more