Travel Tales Thoughts on Coming Home (Part 5): The Journey Continues Be patient toward all that is unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves… Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer. – Rainer Maria Rilke As I sat down to write Thoughts on Coming Written by Matthew February 17, 2013August 12, 2013
Travel Tales Thoughts on Coming Home (Part 3): These Things Traveling Taught “I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” – Lillian Smith, American writer This is Part 3 of a 5-part piece called Thoughts on Coming Home. After a long journey like mine, it&# Written by Matthew January 30, 2013August 12, 2013
Travel Tales Videos Video: Being Bold in Zadar,Croatia “You don’t need anyone else’s permission to create. Green-light yourself and get to work.” – Charlie Todd, American Comedian I’m excited to share something with you this week. It’s a creation born out of a combination of frustration, gratitude, courage, and Written by Matthew October 19, 2012August 1, 2015
Book Reviews Vagabonding Review: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel by Rolf Potts "Long-term travel isn’t about being a college student; it’s about being a student of daily life. Long-term travel isn’t an act of rebellion against society; it’s an act of common sense within society. Long-term travel doesn’t require a massive “bundle of cash”; it requires only that we Written by Matthew September 4, 2012September 12, 2016
Interviews Videos Backpack Chat #1: Ásdís Ólafsdóttir Today I’m kicking off a video project called Backpack Chats, where I sit down and chat with interesting people I meet while traveling. These people either have a unique story, are living intentionally doing things they love, are incredibly inspiring, or all of the above. My goals for this projec Written by Matthew July 2, 2012December 7, 2017
Travel Tales Icelanders Are The Best: The Two Degrees of Björk, Interviewing Reykjavik’s Comedian Mayor, and Of Monsters and Men’s Apartment “It’s a Shire. It’s a Hobbit town” – Reykjavik Mayor Jon Gnarr on the harmlessness of Iceland. The Two Degrees of Björk Today I came to the realization that my seventeen days in Iceland will mark the 2nd longest time I’ve been outside the USA (the longest time was studying abr Written by Matthew June 21, 2012June 12, 2013
