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I’m so excited! Global Roam ink is mentioned and linked on The Huffington Post!

I wrote a travel-themed essay and submitted it for publication through a networking group I’m a part of called Ladies Who Launch.

I submitted the essay about a month ago and had no idea whether it would be chosen or not. I was told to “wait and see.”

But it was chosen! I’m so excited to see my byline and my author credit citing Global Roam ink on such a well-read and well-regarded site!

The essay is called “My Travel, My God.”

I’ll tempt you with an excerpt below, but of course, I think you should all go and read the whole thing!

I like to travel close to the ground. I stay in budget hotels and carry my clothes on my back. I avoid package tours, preferring to map my own path. Yes, I’ve gotten lost. I’ve been frustrated to tears. I’ll even admit to being scared. But I don’t wander the globe to be comfy and snug. I travel to know I’m alive.

Rarely do I feel more alive than when I travel. At home, it’s so easy to fall into a rut, to drive the same roads every day and eat the same dish from the same Chinese joint every week. Frankly, after a while, home can get kind of boring. Routine does not stimulate my brain in the ways that travel can.

The Loft, an organization for writers and readers here in the Twin Cities, recently posted class offerings for its Summer Young Writers’ Program.

I’m teaching a few classes through the program in July, including a 5-day travel writing class for kids.

Registration is open!