works of wanderlust

Tag: blogging

  • A Blogging Good Anniversary

    A Blogging Good Anniversary

    I occasionally allude to an interesting-to-me fact: I’ve been posting my thoughts online in the form of blogs for a long time. To give that claim some context, as of today I have been a blogger for twenty years. That’s right. On April 20, 2001, twenty years ago to today, I posted my first dispatch…

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  • One Hundred Daily Posts

    It’s Saturday, and while there are a dozen other things I could write about this morning I wanted to pause for a moment and reflect on a milestone. One hundred posts. I started this blog on the first of January and keeping apace of a single post each and every day since New Years Day…

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  • 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…

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  • 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,…

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  • 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…

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