Tag Archives: travel

Climbing Maslow’s Pyramid in Halifax

Posted on October 25, 2017 by first person productions

Continued from Halifax Inserimento… Physiological needs form the base of Maslow Pyramid—shelter, sustenance. Then come social needs, esteem needs, and if one is lucky enough to attain the peak of the pyramid, self-actualization. I had come to Halifax and the University … Continue reading →

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Pompeii—An Adventure in Mixed Emotions

Posted on October 18, 2017 by first person productions

Kaye and Paul Ketterer’s trip to Sorrento, Intaly in Fall 2016 included a day trip to Pompeii. By Paul Ketterer A half-hour commuter train ride from Old-modern Sorrento to Old-desolate Pompeii on a bright Sunday in November provided a radical time-transition … Continue reading →

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Halifax Inserimento

Posted on October 4, 2017 by first person productions

University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, is not an easy place to get to from the Midwest. At least it wasn’t for me on my trip there in August 2017 to begin the residency portion of an MFA in … Continue reading →

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Let’s have some true travel stories, well told!

Posted on June 28, 2017 by first person productions

I have travel coming up on my calendar–Indiana to see college friends over the 4th of July, then Halifax for grad school residency in August, followed by some tourism in Nova Scotia…  and after that? Maybe a trip to Oxford, … Continue reading →

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Luigi and the Signora

Posted on June 29, 2014 by first person productions

The season of vicarious wanderlust concludes with this tale from one afternoon in Venice,  early March 2001. By Sarah White Moving through the tiny alleys, bursting into squares that are not square but multi-sided, we walked the labyrinth, all six … Continue reading →

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Underwater Surprises

Posted on June 26, 2014 by first person productions

The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on through end of June. By Rita Nygren Not far from Cake, Alaska, we woke up at 4am to the sound of a dozen eagles yelling at each other as they … Continue reading →

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Journal of a Camp Host: Excerpts

Posted on June 22, 2014 by first person productions

baThe season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on through end of June. by MC Hansen Excerpts from the book Journal of a Camp Host Dec. 21-First Day of Winter Who would have thought a year ago (when we were … Continue reading →

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Sedona Sunrise

Posted on June 18, 2014 by first person productions

The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on through end of June. By Nancy Malvin Taking these pictures of the Sedona sunrise was a simple act of clicking the shutter. Getting to the spot where I took them … Continue reading →

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Finding Love, by way of East Wind

Posted on June 11, 2014 by first person productions

I wrote this in the first life writing group I facilitated (and the first I participated in, as well). We followed the methodology laid out by James Birren in his book Telling the Stories of Life through Guided Autobiography Groups. Session 6 prompted … Continue reading →

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Guatemala

Posted on June 4, 2014 by first person productions

The season of vicarious wanderlust on True Stories Well Told rolls on…. send me YOUR travel essays, up to 1500 words! -Sarah White By Kristine Sperling   The day that a group of missionaries delivered their message of improving the quality of life … Continue reading →

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