A zany and profane ad for a survey on my website (yep, that’s what AI thinks I look like)
Hey you, I would like to put my giant weiner away, wind it around my thigh, tuck it into my sock and ask you some questions. Please help me so I can get back to myhotmom dot com and get motivated to get back to writing. https://form.typeform.com/to/QYCbTtI8?utm_source=xxxxx#first_name=xxxxx
My first full day in #Norway turns into an epic impromptu walking tour as I let my curiosity get the better of my feet and let myself wander.
https://www.kuovad.is/blog/2025-06-22-sunday-stroll-oslo
#photography #travel #travelphotography #travelwriting #travelstories #leica #wanderlust #traveldiaries #explore #adventure #exploretheworld #journey
The Self in Travel Writing and the discourse of travel
What do you think about the discourse of travel? Is it a question of privilege? Or has the whole act of travel become mundane?
The Old Invisible Sankt Olof Express
“Something special. Something almost hyperreal.”https://daveydreamnation.com/non-fiction/essays/the-old-invisible-sankt-olof-express/
I’ve been isolated for some time now, but I finally found the spot to walk, build a routine, and open up new friendships.
https://whothefami.substack.com/p/the-walk-that-broke-the-isolation
#TravelWriting #ExpatLife #Cambodia #SoloTravel #FindingYourPlace
Laos was hard — isolating, frustrating, and at times deeply uncomfortable. But now that I’ve left, I miss the people more than anything. There’s a warmth there that stays with you, even when everything else is difficult.
https://whothefami.substack.com/p/across-the-border-in-cambodia-missing
#TravelWriting
#CreativeNonfiction
#Laos
#ExpatLife
#HumanConnection
The Scenic Route to Humphry Clinker
Dr Ronnie Young shows how Smollett’s cantankerous Travels Through France and Italy – a “journal of gripes, snipes and stereotypes” – laid the groundwork for his finest novel
4/5
#Scottish #literature #Smollett #18thcentury #travelwriting #Italy #France
In 1763, Tobias Smollett embarked on a two-year trip round France and Italy. The great eighteenth-century novelist, historian, journalist and man of letters had good reason for quitting Britain. His support for the deeply unpopular prime ministership of the 3rd Earl of Bute (from 1762-1763) had left him the target of what he saw as […]
Friday night in Siem Reap and the energy feels dark. Tourists are out having fun, but I’m sitting with something heavier — addiction, tension, and the sense that maybe the path forward is through the shadows, not away from them.
https://whothefami.substack.com/p/friday-night-in-the-shadows-of-siem
#CreativeNonfiction
#AddictionRecovery
#TravelWriting
#ExpatLife
#ShadowWork
I was excited to spend the summer solstice in #Sweden, imagining all sorts of celebrations. Turns out there aren't so many in downtown #Gothenberg. It was still very nice. :-)
https://www.kuovad.is/blog/2025-06-20-gothenburg
#photography #travel #travelphotography #travelwriting #travelstories #leica #wanderlust #traveldiaries #explore #adventure #exploretheworld #journey
Kent Wayne
kuovadis
David Prater
Whothefami
Assoc for Scottish Literature
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