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Visit My Guest Blog On The Travel Channel Website
Blogging elsewhere today about Iceland Check out my piece on the Travel Channel blog, The Traveling Types, about writing in Iceland.
Iceland Writers Retreat featuring Sara Wheeler
Join us in Iceland this spring for the Iceland Writers Retreat. Acclaimed travel writer Sara Wheeler talks about IWR.
THE STORY BEHIND THE STORY: How Iceland Writers Retreat Began
The way I remember it, I stood leaning against a cocktail table at the US Ambassador’s residence in Reykjavik. I’d come for a reception in honor of something creative. I can’t remember what it was for anymore, but I do … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, Iceland, Travel
Tagged Iceland, Iceland Writers Retreat, IWR, Reykjavik, travel, writing
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ICELAND WRITERS RETREAT
As a freelance writer and editor, I’m always working on a number of projects under the umbrella of publishing. One new, big, exciting project is (drum roll): THE ICELAND WRITERS RETREAT! The excellent Eliza Reid and I have founded this … Continue reading
ICELAND FAVORITES—MY PICKS FOR VISITORS
“What should I do when I visit Iceland?” I could babble on and on about this topic for hours. So before my memory starts to fade, I thought I better jot down all of my top 10 places to visit, … Continue reading
IN BETWEEN
“I live in America now,” I say, my voice growing quiet and then rising at the end of the sentence as if it is a question. But I’m pretty sure this statement is a fact. Our grand home in Iceland … Continue reading
Posted in expat, Home Leave, Iceland, moving, State Department
Tagged career, expat, foreign service, Iceland, Lair of the Bear, Los Angeles, moving, travel, Washington DC
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LOVE LETTER TO ICELAND
I’m sitting in an almost empty room, surrounded only by moving boxes. Our two years in Iceland is over and it’s time to move to Washington, DC. But I can’t go without first telling Iceland how much I love her. … Continue reading
NEW STORY: Saying Goodbye
Check out my story about saying goodbye in this new anthology. Particularly appropriate now as we gear up to soon say farewell to Iceland. But more on that later. . .
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Tagged Anthology, expat, expatriate, foreign service, Goodbye, moving, travel, writing
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ENCHANTMENT: Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon
A balcony ripe with the smell of Eucalyptus overlooking those rolling, rose-colored hills in Ojai, California. The remote stretch of beach in Prince’s Town, Ghana where the dense jungle meets the surf of the Atlantic. There are a handful of … Continue reading