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Spring2006
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Written by Kym Rusch
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 Nepal, 2004, copyright Kym Rusch. All rights reserved.
Documenting helps keeps your memories vivid
There are some trips I've taken that linger in my mind as if it were
yesterday, while others fade away as quickly as a morning dream. The
difference is due in part to the time and care I spend documenting the
trip.
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What's the big blogging deal? |
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Spring2006
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Written by Lisa Wyatt Roe
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Austin Traveler hit SXSW Interactive 2006 to answer that question and more.
Also: tips on how to get more people to read your blog and reviews of blogging sites. |
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Spring2006
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Written by Lisa Wyatt Roe
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Tips for tackling your mountains of memories
After 40+ years of traveling, I have collected a lot of crap, also
known as cherished memories. I like this crap, you see, but I came to
realize I had a crap problem.
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Spring2006
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Written by Lisa Wyatt Roe
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Jumpin’ into scrappin’ (and croppin’ and hoppin’ and stampin’)
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Going archival: madness or mandatory?
I’m guessing many of you are scrapbook skeptics who think it’s all
about tarting up photo pages with sickly sweet hearts and flowers. I
used to be one of you.
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Spring2006
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Written by Mary Day Long
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But it’s the small moments, not the big monuments, you’ll want to remember.
In the movie Mystery Train, a character asks her boyfriend why he takes
photos of the hotel rooms they stay in, rather than the “sights” they
visit. He replies, “The hotel rooms and the airports are the
things I’ll forget.” |
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Spring2006
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Written by Lisa Wyatt Roe
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You, too, can wear a beret with confidence!
If you don’t consider yourself an artist but have ever sat in a café or
on a train and longed to sketch the characters around you, the Austin
Museum of Art’s Art School just might inspire you to take that artistic
leap. |
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Spring2006
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Written by Kathleen Rice Duffy
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Repeat after us: Not one more tourist T-shirt!
OK, it’s easy to make fun of the crap we’ve all brought home from our
travels. |
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Spring2006
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Written by Brett Buchanan
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Blogging can be a great backup for missing moleskine.
To lose a passport is an inconvenience; to lose a journal is a tragedy.
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Spring2006
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Written by Vivé Griffith
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Weeks in This Country |
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Spring2006
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Written by Tamara Cryar
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Writing? We don’t need no stinkin’ writing.
When my friend Lisa says, “Remember the time we were trapped in the train on the way to Venice?” many of our friends wince. |
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Spring2006
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Written by Molly Ogorzaly
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Collage can set you free
Going digital only made a bad situation worse. My picture taking
strategy has always been “more is better,” so I was already cowering
from teetering stacks of boxes of unmounted photos gleaned from decades
of travel. |
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