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January 1, 2021
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A listening adventure for you and your kids

Published: CNN 

Location: Florida

 

As my 4-year-old son and I set off to explore the natural sounds of our neighborhood at night, I reminded myself to be more like a butterfly flitting behind him and less like a hovering helicopter.

Nico and I were off on our first listening walk, and my first step was to loosen the reins.
“Go for a night walk with a preschooler — but you have to let go of outcome,” acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton, co-founder of Quiet Parks International, advised me months earlier.
We had discussed…

July 11, 2020
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What it’s like to vacation in Florida right now

Published: CNN

Location: Florida

Florida, as usual, has been making headlines, as coronavirus cases across the state spike as angrily as the summer heat. But even in raging pandemic times, there’s still no putting a state this diverse in a box.
On July 4, there were 11,458 new confirmed coronavirus cases in Florida — a new single-day high for the state. Some steps toward reopening are being rolled back and public health officials are sounding alarms about the increasing strain on health care systems.
But during recent back-to-back weekend trips with my family (our first vacations…

May 6, 2020
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The World’s Most Epic Scuba Diving Destinations

Published: CNN Travel

Location: Worldwide

 

 If only salt water — sweat, tears and the sea — really was the cure for everything, as Danish author Isak Dinesen once said. Then scuba diving would be just the antidote the world needed right now.
Until it’s finally safe to get out exploring the world again, however, you can dream of where to dive beneath the surface of the ocean for the most wonder-inducing views on the planet.
“There are so many aspects of scuba diving that may be beneficial in directing our minds away from worries, stresses…

November 5, 2012
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Seven Common Travel Expenses (Surprise!)

Location: USA

Published: CNN

Some travel surprises are good: discovering a hidden gem of a trattoria in Florence where you are greeted with hugs and an open bottle of Chianti. Or finding out that the Louvre is free the one day you are in Paris. But then there are the bad surprises: getting the final bill on your cruise and seeing hundreds of dollars tacked on for gratuities. Or showing up at the airport at the end of a blissful week in the Caribbean and being informed you must pay a departure tax or you can’t leave the island (on second…

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