La Vida Vagabondic

Contributors to La Vida Vagabondic live the shared theory that there exists a state where all things thought impossible are exactly not. Such states (like life experiences) are shifting, ever-changing, yet their charting adds tiles to a larger mosaic and, as is their hope, enriches a larger world

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Memory Lane
Memory Lane

Paulie considered the transit to Argentina an ideal setting for reflection. The forward movement felt a natural opportunity for looking back.

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Give & Take
Give & Take

Blue sky hangs like a tapestry over a garden where Papa and I play. Smiley sun warms my cheeks. Darting breeze brushes the tip of my nose, and I tell Papa that I wish to stay in Wisconsin forever.

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Past Tense Paulie
Past Tense Paulie

It was while languishing in an airport lounge, counting carpet squares to divert the mind, that I concluded my stance on standby ticketing: an economic game of Travel-Chicken with potential purgatorial consequence.

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End of the Beggining

It was a scruffy-haired, tattoo-covered, cuddly, drunk Manx (met in New Zealand, missed in Europe, but found in America) who first spoke aloud of our “vagabondic” lives. And I suppose connecting those geographical dots does merit the label, but in truth this tale commences earlier.

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In Print

Sneak peek, curated selection of previously published works from around the world

The Forge

Literary quarter for the fallible hand.

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Action - Reaction

Newton’s Third Law, dictating equal and opposite force between two objects, was recently exemplified with true frontier flare.

 An unidentified Houston, AK man is reported to have kicked a moose and, as a result, received minor injuries plus a major lesson in how not to treat wildlife.

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White Room Tales

From each day's accessory, he loved most the ride.

Not the smooth, clean rush of descent, mid you, but the chance acquaintance of each required rise.

Who you met was a mystery.

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Lessons from Bergen

It surprised him later to realize that all he had required to truly internalize Love, he had already read from the wall of a Norwegian coffee house restroom. 

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La Vida Vagabondic; journey extended.

View fullsize Propriety urged that our voices be lowered, lest we disturb her thoughts. #forever meets #fleeting in 🇪🇸
View fullsize Civic focus of religious proportion: With gated entries, paved passages, and ‘neighborhoods’ of obviously varying affluence, these places of eternal rest are cities, only by another name. #corner of #pastandpresent
View fullsize A ‘forest from trees moment’... Spain’s montañas are grandly somber, but the Old World around them is equal. #hiddencorners #inthedetails @valldeboi 🇪🇸
View fullsize It helps to have an old cadence to distract the mind, let muscles work and allow footfalls to lead to where the whole show halts, even aging. #aplaceapart #earntheturns @boitaull_ @valldeboi 🇪🇸