by jo | Sep 2, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
About six years ago now, I left my college, and then left my hometown to study abroad at a small school in Switzerland. And I mean small. I thought that I had read or been told that it was a school of about 500 people. “That’s pretty dang small,” I...
by jo | Jul 1, 2014 | Everyday Stories
Recently I was with one of my friends, and we were talking about working out, and summer, and diets, as many conversations between women go. And then she said it: “I’ve just been feeling so bad about myself recently. I haven’t even wanted to leave the house.” I was...
by jo | May 27, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
Want to know my secret? I plan to be adventurous and spontaneous. In fact, my whole life is in preparation to be able to make those spontaneous, adventurous moments possible. I stay in shape so that I can do fun active things at a moments (or days or weeks) notice. I...
by jo | May 13, 2014 | Everyday Stories, Travel
I was in the famous Powell’s bookstore in Portland, spending over an hour browsing through their cards-and-quirky-things section when I pulled up one of the last cards that caught my eye, and it made me freeze. In the middle of Powell’s, I could see people meandering...