Travel Reports from the Mothership

I’m a writer by habit, a publisher by career, and a traveler by perpetual interest. I’m also a mother and wife, a reader and foodie, a sports fan, an arts aficionada, a map freak, and a fresh air fanatic. I generally prefer getting from point A to point B by walking, but I also transport myself swimming, biking, or paddling. Trains, planes, and automobiles also happen. I have parachuted through air, acted on stage, and spent an inordinate amount of time underwater. I like to ask questions, so I meet people easily and am oh-so easily entertained.

The ‘mothership’ and HMS Henning metaphors could go on endlessly, enough to…sink a ship. My blog is inspired by scuttlebutt, a freshwater container on-board 19th century ships, and the social equivalent of the office water cooler. Basically, I sail through life hoping to keep my ears open. I eavesdrop on the cautionary tales of other wayfarers and I gobble up the topics and opinions debated at local watering holes.

In 2010, my husband and I divested ourselves of home, cars, company, employees, children and dog, to behave like 20-year-olds, or 30s, only with fewer anxieties. We’ve been traveling the world since.

I’m pretty sure it will be useful, someday, if I log our progress or lack thereof. If it isn’t useful, it is at least a means to call this place, wherever this is today, home.

Port of Barcelona

Ports of Call:

• Quito, Ecuador, plus Peru and Columbia (2010-11)
• Santiago, Chile (Spring 2011)
• Lake Tahoe, NV (Summer 2011)
• Spain (Camino de Santiago, September 2011)
• France, Italy, Turkey (Fall 2011)
• Bali (December 2011)
• Australia (January 2012)
• Thailand (February 2012)
• Vietnam (February 2012)
• Singapore (March 2012)
• US: Minnesota, Washington, Iowa (March 2012)
• Spain: Madrid, Valencia, Sevilla, Murcia, Mazarrón (April-June 2012)
• US: Minnesota and Iowa + Las Vegas (July 2012)
• US and Canada: Road Trip to Greenville, SC; Washington, D.C. and Alexandria, VA; Baltimore, MD; Boston, MA; Mohegan Sun Casino and Submarine Base, Groton, CT; Niagara Falls, Ontario; Iron Bridge, Ontario; and Ashland, WI (August 2012)
• US: Minnesota, lots of Iowa, a little Omaha, and a side trip to Austin, TX (September-November 2012)
• Cantabria, Spain, plus visits in and around Segovia and Madrid (December 2012 – mid-February 2013)
• US: Minneapolis, MN; Napa and San Francisco, CA (March 2013)
• Mexico: Ciudad de Mexico; San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato; Mérida, Yucatan; Tulum, Quintana Roo, Cozumel (April 2013)

If you’d like to contact me, please email kristin (at) entropypub (dot) com

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