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What Makes a Person Unique?
What a fantastic prompt today! This is a topic that has been circling around my brain recently, especially as I write about travel, geopolitics, and the small ways we can,…
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More About Travelling
I don’t think this blog would have come into existence if I didn’t love travelling. Ever since I was a wee boy, I’ve travelled the world. The first trip that…
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Palestine ≠ Israel, or…?
With the possible exception of small indigenous tribes in small islands or in the middle of a jungle, most of the globe is aware of the war in the Palestine-Israel…
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“Coffee, Tea, or Follow My Orders!”
Today’s prompt actually hit some, even if I left the profession 14 years ago. I am, of course, talking about Cabin Crew, or Flight Attendants for your Americans out there.…
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Just One Kiss
Some time ago I was waiting to board a plane, and whilst waiting for the queue to move, passengers from another plane disembarked. Amongst them, across the glass wall separating…
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How to Travel in 2026, eh?
Sometimes, it seems, it would be “business as normal” should we be living in the North or South America. But if you are living in Europe, Asia, or Oceania, and…
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“I liked you better…”
In the grand scale of things, this happened fairly recently. Back in 2012 to be exact. At first I was baffled, and got taken aback by this… but later I…
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Cross-country? Nah.. Bigger!
This is exactly why my wife and I set up our Open Road Tales. Not because we wanted to choose a mode of transportation, but because of the adventure of…
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A “Poignant Reminder”?
If you tend to watch YouTube over the more traditional TV channels, Netflix, or anything with proper people, you will surely start to recognise a pattern. And the same pattern…
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Ancestral Bear and Rising Dragon?
Today’s prompt asked: “Which animal would you compare yourself to, and why?” Growing up in Finland, the obvious choice would be the Bear. But in our tradition, the bear is…
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The World Is Cold – Grab A Blanket
They say that when you ask, “What’s the last thing you learned?” you should expect a neat little life hack or a piece of trivia with a playful call to…
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Getting Older
The “oohs” and “ahhs” when we get up in the morning. And the telltale start of a sentence when mentoring a new colleague: “when I was young…” What does it…
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