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• A Long Journey from Virginia to Chile

  

  GUEST POST: The Avocado Republic of Chile, because it’s Too Cold to Grow Bananas by Walker Rowe* At 3 AM on a Tuesday in 2006, an assistant winemaker from VIA... Read more

  Posted on 05 November 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weekly Photo: Treat

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos Let’s see what we have here… Twitter @travelingbook In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Treat.” Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Hope for Nepal, One House at a Time

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos It often happens that when we learn that a terrible disaster has affected people , we wonder what we could do to help them, and some sense o... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weekly Photo: Happy Place

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos Beautiful scenery, peaceful time. In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Happy Place.” Twitter @travelingbook Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weekly Photo: Boundaries

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos Fences, colors and the open space. In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Boundaries.” Twitter @travelingbook Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Complete Delight: “Inside the Crocodile – The Papua New Guinea Journals”

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos Much more than just a memoir or a travel journal, Inside the Crocodile is a wonderful read. From the very first page, Trish Nicholson catche... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Charming Little Town

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos Calpan, is a very small town, located at the west part of Puebla, one of the most diverse and industrious states in Mexico. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weekly Photo: Connected

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos Twitter @travelingbook In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Connected." About The Traveling Book Club by Nora Vasconcelos I'm ... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• What Makes a Good Day

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos This Friday The Daily Post’s writing prompt asked us to describe with photos “a good day” Having this in mind, I chose a number of picks I... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weekly Photo: Beneath My Feet

  

  *In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Beneath Your Feet." Twitter @travelingbook About The Traveling Book Club by Nora Vasconcelos I'm a born... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weekly Photo: Inspiration

  

  In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Inspiration." Twitter @travelingbook About The Traveling Book Club by Nora Vasconcelos I'm a born writer and ... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Your Ideal Book Cover

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos When fiction and reallity collide.I recently came across an infographic that shows how similar some bookcovers are and that has kept me... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weekly Photo: Close Up

  

  In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Close Up." Twitter @travelingbook About The Traveling Book Club by Nora Vasconcelos I'm a born writer and a... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weekly Photo: Half and Half

  

  In response to The Daily Post's weekly photo challenge: "Half and Half." Twitter @travelingbook About The Traveling Book Club by Nora Vasconcelos I'm a born... Read more

  Posted on 17 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Breathing New Life into Old Characters: a Safe Bet Or a Big Risk?

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos For 55 years, To Kill a Mockingbird, was considered not only a classic of modern American Literature, but also an inspiration for lawyers an... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weekly Photo: Symbol

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos It’s cooking time! Mexican pottery is a unique symbol of the country’s culture and history, as it combines folkloric handcraft methods,... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weekly Photo: Door

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos A door to the open sky. I love the feeling of openess that this images shows through a contrasting context in which a door marks the entranc... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Kindness of Strangers

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos Finding the kindness of strangers is something that always brings back to me my faith in humanity, and I should say that I’ve been truly... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• Weekly Photo: Muse

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos Thinking about a particular thing or place I would choose as a muse, I chose this image because it includes all what I find a source of... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Unexpected Adventure of Traveling Through Time

  

  By Nora Vasconcelos From The Time Machine, first published by H.G Wells in 1895, to The End of Eternity, by Isaac Asimov (1955), Time Traveling has been a... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 BOOKS, CULTURE, SELF EXPRESSION