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Wabi-Sabi Journeys

·May 17, 2022

Monroe Elementary Receives Federal Recognition. Again.

By Guest Writer Frank Barthell How does a 95 year old former school building in Topeka, Kansas become one just 57 National Historical Parks in the entire country? It’s a timely question. On May 17, we observed the anniversary of the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision: Oliver L. Brown, et…

Monroe Elementary

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Monroe Elementary Receives Federal Recognition. Again.
Monroe Elementary Receives Federal Recognition. Again.
Monroe Elementary

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Wabi-Sabi Journeys

·May 15, 2022

Solo Travel at Sixty

When I was a child, I fell in love with a 1940’s book, “Pam’s Paradise Ranch.” It was a girl-loves-horses-adventure-delight, set in Hawaii, a world of paniolos (Hawaiian cowboys). …

Travel

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Solo Travel at Sixty
Solo Travel at Sixty
Travel

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Wabi-Sabi Journeys

·Apr 20, 2022

Acadian Holiday

Let the good times roll … and in Cajun country, they’re all good times. I made a very important discovery on a recent trip to southwest Louisiana … these folks are having more fun. They have clear priorities: music, dancing, food, friendship. Sure, we all have to work, but life…

Louisiana

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Acadian Holiday
Acadian Holiday
Louisiana

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Wabi-Sabi Journeys

·Apr 6, 2022

Don’t Feed The Snow Monkeys

Don’t Feed The Snow Monkeys There was no snow in early December in the Nagano prefecture. We’d taken trains from Tokyo to Nagano to Yudanaka Station, then a bus to the entrance to the trail that led through the forest to the hot springs where we might — -or might…

Japan

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Don’t Feed The Snow Monkeys
Don’t Feed The Snow Monkeys
Japan

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Wabi-Sabi Journeys

·Mar 2, 2022

The Glory of the Lowest-Rated Bars in Lawrence, Kansas

Hi Wabi Sabi Readers! It’s Ella and Elizabeth from @The_Lowest_Star again. We’re two writers traveling across America — reviewing its lowest-rated bars as we go. You can read more about our story here. That’s how we found ourselves at the two lowest-rated bars in Lawrence, Kansas on Valentine’s Day. Our…

Lawrence Kansas

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The Glory of the Lowest-Rated Bars in Lawrence, Kansas
The Glory of the Lowest-Rated Bars in Lawrence, Kansas
Lawrence Kansas

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Wabi-Sabi Journeys

·Feb 28, 2022

The Secret Value of Terrible Bars

Hi Wabi-Sabi readers! We’re Ella and Elizabeth. This year, we are doing a series of writing residencies across the USA, which is how we met Wabi Sabi’s magnificent editor Susan Kraus. We wanted to really get to know the towns we visited during our cross country-journey. And how? We realized…

Travel Writing

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The Secret Value of Terrible Bars
The Secret Value of Terrible Bars
Travel Writing

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·Feb 23, 2022

Diferentes Experiencias de Los Cabos

The posters for the annual festival of Dia de los Muertos boasted that the best mariachi band in all of Mexico would be playing in the village square of Todos Santos at 7 p.m. So we arrive a bit early to the small town on the western coastline of Los…

Cabo San Lucas

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Diferentes Experiencias de Los Cabos
Diferentes Experiencias de Los Cabos
Cabo San Lucas

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Wabi-Sabi Journeys

·Feb 9, 2022

Taking a Break in Barcelona

It was about six weeks before our 40th wedding anniversary when I realized that I did not want to go to Eureka Springs or Lied Lodge in Nebraska City or Kansas City. Yes, I enjoy those places, but this was special. Forty years deserves someplace with a passport. We chose…

Travel Writing

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Taking a Break in Barcelona
Taking a Break in Barcelona
Travel Writing

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Wabi-Sabi Journeys

·Jan 26, 2022

Driving Alaska

The wind picked up as the ferry left Homer through Kachemak Bay out into Cook Inlet. But the sun was shining, which we took as a blessing for our day of exploring. We were headed for Seldovia, an Alaskan village accessible only by boat or small plane, with a population…

Alaska

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Driving Alaska
Driving Alaska
Alaska

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Wabi-Sabi Journeys

·Jan 12, 2022

Making Wabi-Sabi Journeys Possible Again

Covid-19 had a significant impact on our lives, turning them upside down and inside out. And travel — one of the great freedoms and benefits of the senior years — has been particularly affected. A recent national survey (October 2021) by Destination Analysts indicated that nearly 45 percent of people…

Covid-19

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Making Wabi-Sabi Journeys Possible Again
Making Wabi-Sabi Journeys Possible Again
Covid-19

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Susan Kraus

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Novelist. Therapist. Mediator. Genre-bender. Tenaciously curious. Travel writer. — susankraus.com & mediationmakessense.com

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