by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 2, 2016 | Field Notes, Profile, Spring 2016
For Brooke Jacobson, travel is a way of life. When she was sixteen, she kept track of her travels on a small globe. One day, her mom saw it and expressed amazement at how many places Jacobson had already visited. Jacobson responded sadly, saying, “I know. There are so...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 1, 2014 | Features, Summer 2014
You step up into the airplane and think you’ve stepped back in time. The three strangers in line with you make a valiant effort at small talk, but no words can mask the buzz of excitement and nerves. As you duck your head and climb awkwardly into the aircraft, you’re...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 16, 2012 | Insider, Staff Essay, Summer 2012
I sit across the aisle from another writer on my 747 flight, an older woman writing in large letters. Her scrawl resembles my grandmother’s: messy but elegant, beginning large and then fading into smaller letters. She holds pages and pages of lined paper, off-white...