Posted On: March 15, 2018
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As everyone knows, this site launched 10 years ago before an historic 4-month island-hopping winter with two kids in tow. Since then, sabbaticals and career breaks in the news have been occasionally chronicled by our…
Posted On: July 25, 2016
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My son finished his first year at Princeton and promptly set out for his walkabout—5.5 weeks of backpacking and hammocking his way through Denmark and the French/Spanish/Italian Mediterranean. Nice (France) was already in the news…
Posted On: July 12, 2016
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WAR
During the Vietnam War, Canada welcomed most any American man whose conscience would not allow him to go to war and inflict harm on other people. Brilliant. Compassionate. Generous.
CIVIL WAR
Today, we have…
Posted On: October 27, 2015
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“When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life;
now that I am old I know that it is.” ~Oscar Wilde
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.…
Posted On: October 25, 2012
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Last week, on Tuesday night, about a thousand people gathered in 10 cities to for Meet, Plan, Go!, the annual career-break event. Here in Minneapolis, yours truly served as moderator for a panel of recent…
Posted On: October 16, 2012
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Oh geez. This year’s career-break summit, Meet, Plan, Go! is just a few short hours away. As the MSP resident expert on prepping, I better start…prepping!
I think I’ll start by making an acrostic with…
Posted On: October 11, 2012
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One night next week, the travel gurus at Meet, Plan, Go Minneapolis will have me serve as an Expert in “Prepping to Leave.”
Ish! I mean, that’s often the hardest part of a career break.…
Posted On: June 5, 2012
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The Literary Committte had bigger topics, and the family blender was on puree. But the day came down to a cat. She put up with the transfer like a real gamer, but you could see…
Posted On: June 1, 2012
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Watching my daughter’s 3rd grade “Field Day” provided 11 metaphors for the packing, purchasing, and panic that were running through my mind while the children ran events on the playground.
With only five days until…
Posted On: May 21, 2012
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Of all the challenges that a traveler must face, packing might be the most burdensome. Pack light—and you’ll regret having no heavy coat. Pack heavy—and you’ll schlep countless things you won’t need. In an attempt…
