by Mary Lou Mazzara | Mar 6, 2025
My father was an aircraft mechanic who often flew to Morocco in the 1950s to repair downed U.S. aircraft, probably at the Port Lyautey Naval Air Station near Casablanca. He sent us postcards of exotic-looking people leading camels through the desert and brought home...
by Jeannie Ralston | Aug 21, 2024
At the beginning of the trip, we were seeing most everything through a filter; via the images the media had planted in our heads and had us raring to see Scotland for ourselves. While we were standing on the edge of Loch Ness, with a view down to the taffy-colored...
by Carol Flake | Jun 20, 2024
It had been 13 years since I traveled to Italy as part of my pilgrimage of grief after losing my husband when an upcoming NextTribe creative retreat, exploring Umbria, caught my attention. It was to be held in the very part of the country that had played an important...
by Christina Kapp | May 20, 2024
Mushrooms, sparkly sunglasses, vinyl records, sunset views, a massive estate called the Biltmore, and a group of fabulous women singing along to classic rock tunes in a big white van as we rolled through the mountains. These are the memories that rise to the surface...
by Julie Sucha Anderson | May 13, 2024
At the Muraleando Community Project in Havana, Cuba, there is a bench outside adorned with gray and white mosaic tiles and a yellow eye, with long eyelashes. Next to the eye is the name Elena. The story goes that Elena was an old woman who sat on the bench, day after...
