Feb 9
“It is at sunset that the Pyramids must be seen.” –Gustave Flaubert, Flaubert in Egypt There’s something particularly unsettling about watching a political crisis unfold in a place you’ve travelled in and loved. Just two weeks after I left Fiji in April of 2009, a coup took place as the president dismissed all judges and [...]
Feb 4
“God loved the birds and invented trees. Man loved the birds and invented cages.” –Jacques Deval I hadn’t been looking for a market. Indeed, on such a lazy Sunday morning in Porto, Portugal, I hadn’t been looking for anything much at all–but isn’t that when the great finds always happen? From the bus on my [...]
Feb 1
“Derive happiness in oneself from a good day’s work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.” –Henri Matisse It’s funny the things that remain with us after we leave a place. After a weekend in Porto, Portugal, I’m left with the usual sort of activities to look back on–the four-hour bike ride down the coast [...]
Jan 26
“Where then? Spain or Sardinia. Spain or Sardinia. Sardinia, which is like nowhere. Sardinia which has no history, no date, no race, no offering. Let it be Sardinia.” —D.H. Lawrence, Sea and Sardinia You know that person all your friends want you to meet? The one they’re just dying to introduce you to? Maybe it’s—“You’ll [...]
Jan 19
“My favorite thing is to go where I’ve never been.” –Diane Arbus Little Sweden USA. It’s an unusual title to hear no matter where you happen to be in the States, but perhaps even more so in a place like Kansas. But such is the claim to fame held by Lindsborg, a little town in [...]
Jan 15
“A blog is merely a tool that lets you do anything from change the world to share your shopping list.” –Unknown I never thought I’d be a blogger. I can remember, ‘back in the day’ of Xanga and the like, when the thought of blogging seemed like nothing more than a glorified diary…put out there [...]
Jan 12
“The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne.” –Samuel Johnson I always pride myself on being a good expat. Whatever my adopted country may be at the time, I aim to become a student of its culture, soaking up the new traditions, the [...]
Jan 8
“I give you Chicago. It is not London and Harvard. It is not Paris and buttermilk. It is American in every chitling and sparerib. It is alive from snout to tail.” –H. L. Mencken, American journalist and essayist Chicago will forever be Paris to my parents. “We’ll always have Chicago,” I [...]
Jan 4
“No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam.” –Charles Lamb As we move further into 2011, I wanted to not only take the time to look back on the year [...]
Hello! My name is Candace and I'm a traveling writer, photographer, and sketch artist. Four years ago, I fell in love...but with the world, not "the one." This journey has taken me from a pearl farm in the South Pacific to a rickshaw run across India. The Great Affair is all about seeking inspiration, opening yourself up to the world, and falling in love with the adventure it offers. I'm glad you're here!
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