When I retired from the administrative and financial fields, I was at loose ends. From an early age, I was a writer, so combining travel and writing was a natural fit.  In 2014, I went to the Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop, during which I attended Paula Pant’s...

There’s a “Dear Abby” column from 1994 that always struck me as particularly important, and for about a decade I carried the clipping around in my wallet until finally it disintegrated from being folded and unfolded so many times. In the column, a 36-year-old woman...

The day my corporate job was eliminated, my husband and I celebrated. Sure, I was scared—after all, I was losing a good income. But my excitement for my newfound freedom overshadowed my fear. I could now more fully follow my dream of traveling—and writing about it.  I...

I’d like to switch topics this week to the idea of starting a travel blog.   So many of our readers want one.  But if you want to make money from your blog, you need to set it up the right way. Let’s start by looking at a few healthy blogs worthy of emulation, and...