The Burden of Baggage
I imagine we all have an unhealthy knowledge of baggage limits. I bet many of you can feel when a bag has reached its fifty-pound limit without having to use the hand held baggage scales. Intuitively you know how many books each bag can hold and how to disperse items evenly. For me it is […]
Here, Hold My Bag
Do you remember that first trip, the one on your own? That first passport photo, tickets printed on actual paper and mailed to your house? Maybe you were just out of college, in your early 20s, setting off on some sort of wild adventure (well, as wild as us Good Christian Girls™ get). Or perhaps, […]
When You Hide in Your Baggage
I left my beloved boarding school in Germany and my parents’ home on the field in France when I turned eighteen. I was headed to college in a new state in my passport country: Michigan. I was a little excited, but mostly terrified. I grieved my high school graduation like it was a death: never […]
This Week’s Theme: Baggage
Hard-shell. Roller. Duffel bag. Backpack. Tote. If there’s one thing we know as global adventurers, it is how to pack a bag. Our skills have been refined as we use up every inch of space while still keeping as close to the weight limit as possible. We know how to play suitcase Tetris so that […]