Travel

From weekend road trips to solo adventures abroad, here’s where I share my travel stories, tips, and favorite finds.

  • I’m Not a Beach Chair Person

    Some people were made for beach chairs. I was not one of them. I’ve tried. I’ve genuinely, sincerely tried. I’ve sat in the chair. I’ve ordered the drink. I’ve applied the sunscreen and put on the sunglasses and told myself to relax, to just be here, to enjoy this. And within about forty-five minutes I’m…

  • The Fear of Flying — and Going Anyway

    On anxiety, window seats, headphones at full volume, and getting on the plane anyway. I used to be a flight attendant. I want to start there because it matters. Not for long, and not for a major carrier, but for a regional airline, and I did it without a second thought. I walked onto planes…

  • What Die With Zero Did To My Brain

    Or: how a book I listened to in my car changed the way I think about everything. Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. If you buy something, I might earn a small commission — which helps keep this little corner of the internet running. I only link things I’d actually recommend. I didn’t…

  • Why Amsterdam. Why Solo. Why 46.

    The longer answers to the questions behind the trip. If you read my intro post, you already know the broad strokes. Amsterdam, September, alone, terrified of flying, but going anyway. What I didn’t get into was the actual backstory. The real reasons underneath the reasons. That’s what this is. Why Amsterdam? To understand why Amsterdam,…

  • Well. Here We Are.

    An introduction to this space, and the woman writing it. Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. If you buy something, I might earn a small commission — which helps keep this little corner of the internet running. I only link things I’d actually recommend. I’m Jen. I’m 46. I live in Missouri, I…