By Emily Benson-Scott I’ve just finished a wonderful semester of teaching at LaGuardia Community College in Queens NYC. I had one exceptionally bright and talented student in ENG 101 who managed to turn in homeworks and free-writes while performing Burlesque in Vienna. In my women’s literature class, we read novels featuring powerful Haitian, Afghani and African-American female […]
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-By Emily Benson “Happiness is not a station you arrive at but a manner of traveling.”–Margaret Lee Runbeck Ideally, digital nomads limit their worldly belongings to laptops, Swiss army knives, telephoto lenses, and a few practical Gore-Tex or Neoprene items. My husband, Robin, who admittedly had years of training for packing light as an airline
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By Emily Benson http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/geishaboy500/2580661428/ One challenging aspect of traveling light is resisting the urge to buy souvenirs to bring home to friends and family, or even a few keepsakes for yourself. Say you’re at Neuschwanstein Castle and you find the perfect 3D jigsaw replica you just have to bring back to your grandfather who’s seen
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