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• Budgeting and finding ways to save

  By Julie Callahan on August 4, 2016 • ( 6 )

  

  We hear this a lot when we tell people we’re full time travelers. “Wow, you guys must be rich?” I’m not sure what part of “We sold what we owned, carry our possessions with us and lived for three months in… Read More ›

• Courtmacsherry, Ireland

  By Julie Callahan on July 28, 2016 • ( 11 )

  

    The village of Courtmacsherry–or Courtmac as it’s locally known–sits on the southern coast of Ireland in a region known as West Cork. It’s a small village: 600 residents, three pubs, two tearooms and one street. The mailman is an… Read More ›

• Getting Rid of Your Things

  By Julie Callahan on July 21, 2016 • ( 9 )

  If you’re like me, you built up your possessions over time—deliberately. I love to cook and bought a deep fryer for my once-a-year foray into fried zucchini blossoms, purchased the supplies to cross-stitch a Christmas stocking for each of our… Read More ›

• A Peek Inside My Suitcase

  By Julie Callahan on July 14, 2016 • ( 19 )

  

  Last May, I arrived in Paris with one suitcase large enough to transport Jimmy Hoffa’s body, a smaller and more practical backpack for everything which didn’t fit in the suitcase, and an even smaller–but highly impractical–computer backpack. (Impractical only because… Read More ›

• Health, Unsolicited Advice, and Taking Control

  By Julie Callahan on July 8, 2016 • ( 7 )

  

  I’m confused. When people hear about our lives, they feel compelled to impart a bit of wisdom– like this pearl from a new acquaintance: “Whatever you do, don’t drop dead in Europe. My friend did that and his wife had… Read More ›