Tag Archives: travel writing

The Cactus Eaters

Posted on December 19, 2012 by beckyajohnson

While this year everyone read Cheryl Strayed’s Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, I read a different memoir about the infamous 2,650 mile journey — Dan White’s 2008 book The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind … Continue reading →

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Telling My Story

Posted on November 15, 2012 by beckyajohnson

The story of my life may be told in the places I’ve been. A summer spent in Chile working at several archaeology sites. The home in Kisumu, Kenya that welcomed me as a guest for 10 weeks during my graduate … Continue reading →

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Miraculous Air + Lindo Michoacan

Posted on April 21, 2012 by beckyajohnson

For this month’s Destinations Book and Dinner Club we read C.M. Mayo’s Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico and ate dinner at Lindo Michoacan. Mayo is an American expat based in Mexico City, … Continue reading →

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Eat, Pray, Love Virtual Book Discussion

Posted on January 29, 2011 by beckyajohnson

Eat, Pray, Love: One Women’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert. Published in 2006. Synopsis: In her mid-thirties, Elizabeth Gilbert finds herself recently divorced, severely depressed, and not getting what she wants out of life. A … Continue reading →

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