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09/09/2020

Have some soothing forest ferns and trees for your midweek break. https://lisafindley.com/2020/09/09/where-in-the-world-wednesday-349/

Near Appleby, East Yorkshire, UK; August 31, 2020

06/11/2017

A few years ago, I wrote about a couple I met traveling in Australia, who were arguing about whether to climb Uluru (Ayers Rock), because the aboriginal people of the area consider it sacrilegious to do so and that matters enough to some people and not to others. Just learned that as of 2019, it doesn't matter how you feel about it, because it's being closed off to climbers. Good news, in my opinion. (Also, shoutout to my friend Theresa Winters for being quoted at the end of this article.)

The long, contentious debate over the future of Australia's sacred Uluru is over.

02/11/2017

Not getting enough fall colors in your daily routine? Visit Stowaway to find some from south London!

17/10/2017

Amazing art exhibition at the Tate Modern

If you’re in London in the next week, and you’ve not yet visited the Soul of a Nation exhibition at the Tate Modern, let this be encouragement to see it before it closes on the 22nd. If…

22/09/2017

Brand-new post up at Stowaway today -- on my recent trip to Porto. Warning: tons of gorgeous photos ahead!

13/06/2017

I was sorry to read about the passing of Glenne Headly, wonderful actor and inspiration for The Headly Surprise on Stowaway.

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05/06/2017

Back in 2013, I wrote about how upsetting it was to see the national parks of Thailand so uncared-for. I've just learned that for the past 4 years, the government has been closing about 40% of the parks during the rainy season -- specifically in aid of conservation efforts. Excellent!

22/04/2017

RIP Prince, hope you're tickled that someone honored your genius by depicting you in the form of crop seeds

“It’s really hard to watch other musicians, because you tend to — you know, it’s like a painting you want to make straight or whatever. You just hear music like you hear it.…

27/02/2017

Winter can be fun, right?

31/01/2017

Happy Chinese New Year! Enjoy these photos from the London parade this past weekend.

02/12/2016

Join me as I spend the month of December taking small, concrete actions for social justice and a better world! Check out the calendar -- be sure to click on each action item, because there's a bunch of useful info and links in each one.

Create and publish an online calendar that fits perfectly into your site. Easy to use, and with all the features you'll need. [Acct: Stowaway, Month view: 2/16]

19/10/2016

Have you taken a stroll through Montparnasse Cemetery? Take a virtual one with Stowaway! https://lisafindley.com/2016/07/05/a-stroll-through-montparnasse-cemetery/

27/05/2016

Enjoy your weekend. Look out for llamas.

Have a great long weekend, everyone!

04/05/2016

Enjoy a little summary and a video of the Shakespeare event I went to last week

To commemorate 400 years of Shakespeare’s brilliance, the Globe Theatre set up a 2.5-mile walk along the south bank of the Thames the weekend of April 23-24, 2016, showing one 10-minute film …

23/03/2016

Hedgehog mittens! (and more sights of Iceland)

05/03/2016

Did you see this lovely Icelandic horse from a couple weeks ago? I wouldn't want you to miss out.

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25/02/2016

I went to Iceland and saw some gorgeous wintry sights. Take a look!

08/12/2015

Check out the wild photos from the Glen Lake storm this past summer

I grew up in Michigan, so I'm used to spring and summer tornado warnings, siren tests every first Saturday of the month, the necessity of basements to hide in during actual tornadoes. But sometimes...

13/11/2015

Autumnal pleasures on today's Stowaway

Autumn deserves notice and celebration, and that doesn't come in the form of pumpkin spice lattes or wool leggings. It comes in the form of long walks, preferably walks that involve some scuffling ...

09/07/2015

An exhaustive (but hopefully not exhausting) account of my day at the championships at Wimbledon

Bright green grass, bright white outfits. Ivy-covered walls. Crowds getting slightly noisy until the ump issues a gentle "Quiet, please." A fault, an ace, a thrilling return, the cheer of the crowd...

05/05/2015

Fly away today with the art on Stowaway.

Dig this street art in Brooklyn:

02/02/2015

A different side to travel... Sometimes there's double the taxes. Today's post is a short, lighthearted, "tax season again??" kinda thing.

Tax season is upon us: a full quarter of my inbox is made up of emails about tax forms and official documents. Yeesh. The real let-down after the Christmas season isn't the returns of early January...

14/01/2015

Happy New Year, friends of Stowaway! Stowaway is still going strong in 2015. This week, we've got a look at the catacombs of a church in Lima, and some large-scale political graffiti in Krakow. Thanks for stopping by. http://lisafindley.com

18/12/2014

The Christmas season in London is a festive affair.

My love of the holiday season is no secret. I was fortunate to have happy Christmases in my childhood, full of family love and fun traditions. (I know that's not true for everyone, so I feel especi...

11/12/2014

Let's uproot racism from the United States.

Watching the murderers of Mike Brown and Eric Garner walk away unpunished in any way has been infuriating and heartbreaking. These two cases (and there are more cases coming to light every day, suc...

24/11/2014

Slovenia by the numbers

Lakes circumnavigated on foot: 1 Lakes jumped in mid-circumnavigation: 1 National poets side-eyed for their choice of muse: 1 Fancy breed horses that rebuffed my attempts to pet them: 4 Entertainin...

06/11/2014

It's a rough post-election day for Americans. Here are some adorable cats to cheer us all up.

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13/10/2014

Take a little photo tour of Zagreb, Croatia with me today.

By the time I got to Zagreb in June 2013, I was worn out after nearly two weeks of late nights along the Croatian coast. I stayed just a couple days in the capital city, long enough to visit the Mu...

29/09/2014

I've been writing Stowaway for FIVE YEARS. Thanks for joining me for the ride!

Today is the five-year anniversary of Stowaway! Hurrah! In that time, I've gone from Chicago to California, from Wellington to Waterloo, from Budapest to Buenos Aires, from Luang Prabang to La Paz....

02/09/2014

Night owling in Zadar, Croatia last summer.

Last June, I stretched out my time in Croatia from four days to fourteen, because there was so much to see and do: Dubrovnik, Split, Sibenik, Krka... After days of amazing cultural and natural site...