2023 Happy Last Year: An Attitude of Gratitude
Happy Last Year · 2023 · The First Full Year Back in Motion An Attitude of Gratitude After the interrupted calendars of the pandemic years, 2023 reopened the map. Sarah, Skyelark and I moved from the Western Cape to Las Vegas, Portugal, Fair Isle, Spain and Gibraltar—not to make up for lost time, but to discover that time had changed what travel meant. Africa Las Vegas Portugal Fair Isle Spain Gibraltar See Full Image Show Story The world did not return to normal. It returned to motion. 2023 was the first full year of uninterrupted post-pandemic travel. The routes reopened, but the traveler who stepped back onto them had learned not to confuse movement with freedom. From Africa to North America, Europe and the United Kingdom, the year covered distance. More importantly, it recovered scale: summer against winter, desert against island, casino noise against North Atlantic silence, and the companionship of Sarah and Skyelark agai...