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Backseat Memories

Apr 10, 2016 By elinwaldal 26 Comments

One of my earliest childhood memories finds me nestled in the back of a wood-paneled station wagon with my brothers and sister, crocheted afghans pulled to our necks, eyes fixed on the ceiling of the car, and little padding for our backs. Above us, centered in the beam cast from streetlights and traveling cars, our hand-shadow puppets danced across a stage until the […]

Filed Under: Childhood Memories Tagged With: memories, Road Trips, travel

Road Trip

Nov 9, 2014 By elinwaldal Leave a Comment

May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be at your back, may the sun shine warm on your face, may the rains fall softly upon your fields.”                                                   […]

Filed Under: NaBloPoMo Nov 14, Travel Tagged With: California, Drought, Road Trips, travel

His bags were packed, he was ready to go

Dec 22, 2010 By elinwaldal 2 Comments

You can learn a lot about a person by messing with their plans. Really. Try volunteering to take someone to the airport, insist that you will take responsibility for setting the alarm and waking them…and then experience how they respond when you wake them up five minutes before their plane is scheduled to depart and […]

Filed Under: On being a parent, Travel Tagged With: abuse recovery, expectations, manhood, travel, trigger

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