Category: travel
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Walking from the bus station to our inn, we stumbled upon a statue in a small square. It was a monument to science fiction great H.G. Wells, who wrote War of the Worlds in 1895 while living in Woking. That novel, one of the earliest alien invasion novels (Martians invade Earth), and its author weren’t…
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A few days ago I posted some quotes from author Pico Iyer. Then I decided to bring one of his books along on my upcoming travels and selected The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home. He wrote it at the turn of the century, such a distant time. It was…
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Look, I can quit anytime, OK? I don’t have to buy a blank book every time I see a new color/style. Just yesterday I bought an inexpensive one (less than $4!) to take traveling. Does this mean the spiral bound is my travel journal? Oh no no no. The travel journal is the hard-back green…
Susan Palmer's Exquisite Now 