Tag: travel
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FALLING IN LOVE WITH PITTSBURGH
I fell in love twice during the summer of 2009. The first time I fell in love with the man who would become my husband. The second time I fell in love with Pittsburgh, the city he had called home for more than three decades. “You’re moving where?” family and friends asked when I announced…
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OUR URBAN OASIS
A Place of Calm in the Middle of Chaos We live on the southeast side of Tallahassee, but when we drive a mile from our home to a city park, it’s hard to believe we’re so close to an urban area with a population of 200,000. We call it Piney Z after the name of…
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LIGHTHOUSE PASSION SERIES – MORRIS ISLAND, CHARLESTON
By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social On a recent trip to Charleston, South Carolina, we kept hearing about the charming town of Folly Beach a short drive south of Charleston proper. Photo: Pineapple Fountain, Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC A colorful little beach community with the second longest boardwalk on the eastern coast, the Folly Beach Pier juts…
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WATCHING HOPE FADE FASTER THAN A HENNA TATTOO
By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social In 2004, I took a solo trip to Morocco where a friend was assigned to the consulate in Casablanca. I traveled around the country on my own, but in Casablanca I was invited into the private homes of several of my friend’s co-workers. This journey left an indelible mark on…
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ON THE ROAD – COASTAL MAINE AND ROAD SCHOLAR
By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social “Let’s go somewhere we’ve never been,” I suggested nearly a year ago to my husband. “I’ve never been to Maine,” he replied. I had been to Maine once for fifteen minutes when I’d visited Portsmouth, New Hampshire, decades ago. We drove over the border to buy live Maine lobsters than…
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An Asheville (Mis)Adventure
I dreaded the three-week trip even as I planned. I worried too much. Lists filled a notebook: To Do, To Pack, The Morning of Departure, To Buy. I checked off items one by one until it was the morning of departure, and that list began to dwindle. Something happened the closer I came to deleting…
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IT WAS MEANT TO BE
We recently traveled to southern California to attend the wedding of my husband’s nephew. While at my mother-in-law’s funeral, we learned of the wedding in San Diego and decided we would make the trip. The decision to go turned out to be one of the best decisions we’ve made in recent years. There are times…
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TRAVELS ON ROUTE 66
Put down the pen someone else gave you. No one ever drafted a life worth living on borrowed ink. Jack Kerouac The Road Where Fiction and Reality Collide By P.C. Zick (Originally appeared on Stacy Eaton’s blog Authors from Everywhere ) Jack Kerouac’s On the Road inspired me to take my own journey down the Mother Road…
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#FREE FRIDAY
I’ve been running a “free” download campaign for my book of travel essays–both physical and personal–Odyssey to Myself this week. Just wanted to let you know that today is the last day to download your FREE copy. Click here to get your free copy today. Happy Friday!
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