pen4hire on January 31st, 2011

Destination: Finland Book: The Year of the Hare by Arto Paasilinna (NEW in 2010) Did you ever just want to chuck it all and wander in the woods?  Leave the business world behind to travel like Barbara Weibel who shares her experience at Hole in the Donut? If you are too timid to actually cut [...]

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pen4hire on January 29th, 2011

BRIEFLY Just in case you miss the addition of these two guest posts lower down on the page…. Travel Wonders of the World features my awe on seeing the  The Bayeux Tapestry and several of my photographs from Bayeux. At Your Life Is A Trip, I talk about an experience I had at a pueblo, while gathering [...]

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pen4hire on January 28th, 2011

Destination: Illinois and Oregon Book: The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakha (NEW) 2010 Unlike Steig Larsson, author of The  Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and its sequels, Naseem Rakha understands the demands of fiction.

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pen4hire on January 26th, 2011

The Great American Road Trip Destination: Alaska Movie: Insomnia (2002) (Note: The photographs here were taken by Alan Hull, and supplied by the blog My Itchy Travel Feet. Although they reflect the beauty of Alaska, they are not from the same area as the film.) Two kinds of people live in Alaska. Those who were [...]

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pen4hire on January 24th, 2011

Wanted you to know that I have a few guest posts floating around the web. Travel Wonders of the World features my awe on seeing the  The Bayeux Tapestry and several of my photographs from Bayeux. Your Life Is A Trip, I talk about an experience I had at a pueblo, while gathering material for [...]

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pen4hire on January 23rd, 2011

(Photos in this post were taken by Vera Marie or Ken Badertscher on a 1990 raft trip through the Grand Canyon, scanned from prints.) Destination: Grand Canyon, USA Book: The Grand Adventure: A True Story of Survival and Determination on an Amazing River Journey into the Grand Canyon and Other Canyons of the West, by [...]

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pen4hire on January 22nd, 2011

Destination: Everywhere Book: Snakes Alive by Mike Gerrard (NEW 2011) Yesterday we talked with travel writer Mike Gerrard, author of the new book of travel essays, Snakes Alive,  about his writing and his favorite countries. Here’s some more of the conversation with travel writer Mike Gerrard. ATL: Where do you want to go that you [...]

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pen4hire on January 21st, 2011

Destination: Everywhere Book: Snakes Alive, by Mike Gerrard NEW 2011 I’m trying to figure out if my favorite bit is Loo With a View in York, a potty tour story, or Custard’s Last Stand, its punny title about England desserts–not Western deserts. I share Mike’s enthusiasm for Greece, so of course I liked those articles, [...]

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pen4hire on January 19th, 2011

THE GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP HITS THE WEST COAST Destination: The State of Washington Movie: The Fabulous Baker Boys (Find your road trip musical accompaniment at this article about the movie’s sound track, or read our partner on the road trip–Kerry Dexter’s recommendations for the American Northwest at Music Road) A Guest Post by BETH [...]

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