Can’t I Just Stay 59 Forever?
Another birthday has come and gone. I think all in all, it was pretty darn good. I don’t know about you, but I am always a bit uncomfortable with a lot of hoopla over birthdays. I know that people really do enjoy knowing that day has come, and I was […]
As the Flu Shot’s Effects Wear Me Down
Today is one of those days when I feel a bit overwhelmed. I am still feeling the effects of a flu shot that I got on Saturday after I stopped by a free flu shot clinic at my local elementary school. I didn’t know that the next day I’d be […]
Travel Blogging: The Writing Still Matters
Travel Writing is an art, and despite having a large number of social media followers, many of the bloggers in the travel space today could write better and more clearly. In this presentation, Max Hartshorne, who has been the editor of GoNOMAD Travel since 2002, provides many examples and ideas […]
Inniskea Was Once Full of Human Life
Traveling along Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, we’ve been treated to ocean vistas, towering reddish cliffs, and wide open stretches of land bordered by crude stone fences places there hundreds of years ago. We piled aboard a charter fishing boat for a visit to an island that up until 1927, had […]
Achill Island, Ireland: Dramatic Views, Splendid Beaches
I don’t remember ever seeing such a dramatic place as this island off the coast of Ireland in County Mayo. Achill is a place that people are passionate about, it is the home of about 2700 souls and in the summer up to 6000 come out. Some of the highest […]
Wild Atlantic Way Begins in Westport
Today we got a good look at the Irish coast and did all kinds of different things. We left Killarney at 10 for a long drive over many highways and winding roads bordered by hedges up the Wild Atlantic Way, stopping at Ennis and then to the waterside town of […]
TBEX in Ireland: Ready for My Time in the Sun
It’s Thursday morning and I’ve been here enjoying the fine company of hundreds of travel bloggers at TBEX in Killarney, Ireland. There is no place I’d rather be than here with so many people who live much the same life as I do–writing, traveling, photographing, and sharing their travels with […]
Kuppermann: Accept What You Don’t Know to Understand
I worked in the t-shirt and embroidery business for a decade. But all of the shirts we sold were printed on old-fashioned presses using different colored inks with large numbers required for each run. A new store opened up in Easthampton by Christopher Harman and Andrew Kuppermann takes a different, simpler […]