travel – Liana Brooks

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Home Again, Home Again

Two weeks of being at home and the jet lag is finally wearing off. I do actually have the words TIME TRAVEL on my calendar for the first and second of March because I boarded a plane on the morning of the first, spent twelve hours in the hair, and…

Living On Island Time

Life doesn’t always go as planned. And, sometimes, it REALLY doesn’t go as planned and you’re left juggling three emergencies and Huns at the north gate. That happened to me in June 2023. My middle sister had just had a baby, my youngest sister wanted to see the baby and…

I Always Wanted To Be A World Traveler… but maybe not like this

I always wanted to be a world traveler. I grew up on stories of travel, far away countries, and in a multilingual family of immigrants. It always sounded so fun and exotic. As a kid I never thought about how my grandparents felt leaving the only culture they knew, and…

Taking A Break

Life is funny. As a child, Australia was a far-away fairyland that seemed as reachable as Narnia or Middle-Earth. AND NOW I’M HERE!!! Way, way back in 2006-ish I was on the online writing group called Critique Circle and met an Aussie author named Amy Laurens. She was finishing college,…

Let’s Talk About Gargoyles – Jangseung and Village Guardians

If you are from North America, especially the Pacific Northwest, you are familiar with totem poles. They are tall poles or pillars (usually wooden) that are carved by Indigenous and First Nations peoples as a form of storytelling. They recount legends, family histories, or other important things the carvers wanted…

Let’s Talk About Garg- checks notes Korea!

This was too fun to pass up. I’ve been traveling a lot this week, driving all up and down the west coast, and this makes me giggle every time I see it. Big trucks around Korea often have eyes on the back. Sometimes they’re angry eyes, sometimes they’re silly cartoon…

Three Months Later…

Roughly 90 days ago I packed up my office in South Carolina, took the art off the walls, put the books in a box, unplugged my computer, and moved across the globe to South Korea. In between there were multiple hotels, visits with friends, stays with family, language confusion, a…

“When we last left our intrepid hero…”

*blows dust off blog* *scrolls through old posts* When I last updated the blog I was waiting for visas and passports. Let’s check the list and see how this move is going… ✓ Passports ✓ Visas ✓ Flight to Korea ✓ Flight to Seattle to get on the…

Best of the Pacific Northwest – Canada Day

Happy Canada Day! Back in 2017 my family drove down the AlCan (Alaska-Canada) Highway as we moved to Seattle. We were lucky enough to be in Canada for the 150th birthday celebration and it was a blast! Not only is Canada beautiful (and I can say all of it because…

Best of the Pacific Northwest – Turnagain Arm

If you look at a map of Alaska the Turnagain Arm is just south of Anchorage. It’s a little bend inland with a stretch of highway pinched between the inlet and the Chugach mountain range. Because of the proximity to Anchorage and other nearby towns the Turnagain Arm Trail is…