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book, part IX: The journey was the point", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/pilgrims-in-a-sliding-world-9/", "published_at": "2024-12-26T06:28:38+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58782875e", "title": "Malekula’s “laplap sosor” version of Vanuatu’s national dish is delicious", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/laplap-sosor-vanuatu/", "published_at": "2024-12-19T06:18:03+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b5881ba56c", "title": "Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part VIII: The seeds of Vagabonding", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/pilgrims-in-a-sliding-world-8/", "published_at": "2024-12-12T06:08:32+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b5890dfe8e", "title": "Travel writers who visit Vanuatu overlook (or ignore) this part of local culture", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/travel-writers-vanuatu/", "published_at": "2024-12-05T06:11:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58946084c", "title": "Travel Writer: Troy Nahumko", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/troy-nahumko/", "published_at": "2024-12-01T06:07:40+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58a00fdcc", "title": "Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part VII: Neurotic young-manhood", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/https-rolfpotts-com-pilgrims-in-a-sliding-world-7/", "published_at": "2024-11-21T06:24:39+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58a892faf", "title": "On finding familiar things in some of the most isolated parts of the world", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/familiar-things-in-isolated-parts-of-the-world/", "published_at": "2024-11-14T20:42:41+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58b839ccb", "title": "A new film, shot in Kansas, aims to show what is possible for women’s artistic voices in rural America", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/rural-women-voices/", "published_at": "2024-11-08T20:06:13+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58c48b833", "title": "Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part VI: On depicting places", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/https-rolfpotts-com-pilgrims-in-a-sliding-world-6/", "published_at": "2024-11-07T06:20:35+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58cfe8f6c", "title": "Travel Writer: Laura Kiniry", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/laura-kiniry/", "published_at": "2024-11-01T05:31:14+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58de190c2", "title": "Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part V: On veering from the truth", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/https-rolfpotts-com-pilgrims-in-a-sliding-world-5/", "published_at": "2024-10-24T05:18:17+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58ecd96f0", "title": "On sharing a truck with 11 other people (plus chickens & yams) in Vanuatu", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/sharing-cage-truck-in-vanuatu/", "published_at": "2024-10-17T05:30:49+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58ee1020c", "title": "Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part IV: On recounting dialogues", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/https-rolfpotts-com-pilgrims-in-a-sliding-world-4/", "published_at": "2024-10-10T05:15:19+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58f165090", "title": "To keep cultural traditions active, Vanuatu kastom dances are sometimes performed for tourists", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/kastom-dances-for-tourists/", "published_at": "2024-10-03T05:14:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b58ffe1afc", "title": "Travel Writer: Rosie Bell", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/rosie-bell/", "published_at": "2024-10-01T05:48:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b590ec5fd7", "title": "Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part III: On depicting other people", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/pilgrims-in-a-sliding-world-3/", "published_at": "2024-09-26T05:12:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b591d089c1", "title": "Exploring the chill, euphoriant ritual of drinking kava at an Uripiv, Vanuatu nakamal", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/drinking-kava-at-a-vanuatu-nakamal/", "published_at": "2024-09-19T05:55:51+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b59265a8cd", "title": "Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part II: The author is a character", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/pilgrims-in-a-sliding-world-2/", "published_at": "2024-09-12T05:10:42+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b5934c6762", "title": "In places like Uripiv, Vanuatu, “locavore” isn’t a lifestyle choice; it’s the only way to eat", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/uripiv-vanuatu-locavore/", "published_at": "2024-09-05T05:43:31+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b594010f51", "title": "Travel Writer: James Michael Dorsey", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/james-michael-dorsey/", "published_at": "2024-09-01T19:13:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b594b03d24", "title": "What’s the Best Way to Explore Kenya? Join a Local Hiking Club.", "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/26/travel/nairobi-hiking.html", "published_at": "2024-08-26T19:34:20+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b595461a9e", "title": "Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part I: Pilgrims in a Sliding World", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/pilgrims-in-a-sliding-world-1/", "published_at": "2024-08-22T05:10:45+00:00" }, { "id": "01a087d7-6af2-70e4-b921-d4b596172500", "title": "The secret to adventure is to travel in such a way that it finds you", "url": "https://rolfpotts.com/the-secret-to-adventure/", "published_at": "2024-08-15T05:11:34+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog
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2026

Annie Dillard didn’t see herself as a travel or nature writer (yet she was both)original ↗
25 Sept 2026
Notes from an interview about the 21st-century legacy of the “Mile-High Club”original ↗
10 Sept 2026
Travel Writer: Daniel Scheffleroriginal ↗
1 Sept 2026
Five of my favorite cartoons from Edward Steed’s “Forces of Nature”original ↗
20 Aug 2026
MISL 1980s: Tales From a Lost Soccer League (foreword, by Rolf Potts)original ↗
13 Aug 2026
Travel Writer: Brendan Shanahanoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2026
“Jane Room Superman,” by Rolf Potts (1998)original ↗
23 Jul 2026
I used a $35 thrift-store desk for 20 years (and then took it back to the thrift store)original ↗
9 Jul 2026
Travel Writer: Angie Chuangoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2026
6 thoughts on avoiding unnecessary exposition in a screenplayoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2026
I have not been to Liechtenstein (but I have traveled across Liechtenstein)original ↗
11 Jun 2026
Travel Writer: Perry Garfinkeloriginal ↗
1 Jun 2026
It would seem that I have a strange weakness for souvenir socksoriginal ↗
21 May 2026
9 outtakes from Yi-Fu Tuan’s 1977 book “Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience”original ↗
14 May 2026
Travel Writer: Caroline Van Hemertoriginal ↗
1 May 2026
Talking about sense of place and “Kansas Never Plays Itself” on Yonder Radiooriginal ↗
30 Apr 2026
Outtakes from an interview about ecotourists who share the the Darien Gap with migrant travelersoriginal ↗
23 Apr 2026
7 outtakes from Christine Rosen’s 2024 book “The Extinction of Experience”original ↗
9 Apr 2026
Travel Writer: Rachel Rudwalloriginal ↗
2 Apr 2026
Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules for Writersoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2026
5 Thoughts on Confession in Memoir, from Emily Fox Gordonoriginal ↗
5 Mar 2026
Travel Writer: Erin Levioriginal ↗
26 Feb 2026
Seven of the best Deviate episodes about 1990s zeitgeist (& zeitgeist-adjacent) experiencesoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2026
Using AI to enhance a 37-year-old photo of me with Barry Sanders’ Heismanoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2026
Travel Writer: Jen Rose Smithoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2026
11 Outtakes from Chuck Klosterman’s “Football”original ↗
20 Jan 2026
Our Kansas short film gets a glowing review (alongside “Wicked” and “Somebody Somewhere”)original ↗
9 Jan 2026
Travel Writer: Natalie Comptonoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2026

2025

On the task of keeping an author website (in an era when folks don’t read websites like they used to)original ↗
28 Dec 2025
Kansas Never Plays Itself: A full transcript of the video essay by Rolf Pottsoriginal ↗
24 Dec 2025
Nine passages from The Vagabond’s Way (that readers like to quote back to me)original ↗
11 Dec 2025
Travel Writer: Mark Orwolloriginal ↗
4 Dec 2025
A Q&A about my (self) education, coming-of-age, and vocational life as a writeroriginal ↗
20 Nov 2025
Travel Writer: I have been interviewing one writer a month for the past 25 yearsoriginal ↗
6 Nov 2025
Pilgrims in a Sliding World: Nine lessons from my failed van-life memoiroriginal ↗
30 Oct 2025
Six of the best Deviate podcast episodes about movies [2025 update]original ↗
23 Oct 2025
9 Outtakes from Paul Fussell’s “Abroad”original ↗
9 Oct 2025
Travel Writer: Rebecca Halloriginal ↗
2 Oct 2025
Alice Potts: An Oral Historyoriginal ↗
1 Oct 2025
Four video glimpses into the life of Alice Potts (from Wichita, Coffey County, and Saline County, Kansas)original ↗
27 Sept 2025
Remembering Alice Potts (1943-2025)original ↗
18 Sept 2025
9 Outtakes from Robert Moor’s “On Trails”original ↗
11 Sept 2025
6 thoughts on enhancing your screenplay by fine-tuning your villainoriginal ↗
9 Sept 2025
Travel Writer: Jen Murphyoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2025
7 tips for making your writing stronger, from William Zinsseroriginal ↗
21 Aug 2025
9 Outtakes from Annie Dillard’s “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek”original ↗
14 Aug 2025
6 more arguments for the relevance of popular genre fictionoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2025
Travel Writer: Robin Esrockoriginal ↗
1 Aug 2025
9 Outtakes from The Asian Journal of Thomas Mertonoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2025
Remembering the legacy of three years spent teaching science in South Central Los Angeles, 1964-1967original ↗
17 Jul 2025
9 essential nuggets of Kevin Kelly travel advice (as well as life-advice that can apply to travel)original ↗
10 Jul 2025
Travel Writer: Michael Engelhardoriginal ↗
1 Jul 2025
On the inexpressible way modern art museums fire the imagination (even if you don’t know art history)original ↗
26 Jun 2025
Grand cathedrals have a way of reminding us of the impermanence of what we see and experienceoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2025
“Marco Polo Didn’t Go There” featured on the “Travel Writing Stairs” of Saxony’s Kerkermeister Pensionoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2025
A list of “best of” lists where Vagabonding landed on the list (South Asia edition)original ↗
5 Jun 2025
Travel Writer: Kathleen Hughesoriginal ↗
29 May 2025
Here’s why the first paper copy of Vagabonding is in a display case in Bangkok’s Atlanta Hoteloriginal ↗
22 May 2025
On travel writing, writing classes, community, mentorship, and how travel fosters creativityoriginal ↗
8 May 2025
Travel Writer: Dustin Grinnelloriginal ↗
1 May 2025
An audio book-club podcast companion to Rolf’s 2022 book “The Vagabond’s Way”original ↗
24 Apr 2025
18 essential bits of creative advice from Kevin Kelly’s “Excellent Advice for Living”original ↗
17 Apr 2025
A return, once again, to Khao San Road (my neophyte backpacker travel home more than 25 years ago)original ↗
10 Apr 2025
Travel Writer: Blake Bolesoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2025
What feels “inauthentic” doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not authentic to the culture we’re visitingoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2025
A true story about the historical persistence of the “diversity brochure” tropeoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2025
One person’s ‘adventure’ is another’s vocational dutyoriginal ↗
13 Mar 2025
Some masks sold to tourists in Bali are designed to satirize touristsoriginal ↗
6 Mar 2025
Travel Writer: Tania Romanovoriginal ↗
1 Mar 2025
Dinosaurs (1978): A PDF download of the 76-page “science” book Rolf wrote/illustrated at age sevenoriginal ↗
20 Feb 2025
Depicting a place (like Ubud, Bali) beloved by tourists means not cropping out the touristsoriginal ↗
13 Feb 2025
A partial list of “best of” lists where Vagabonding landed on the listoriginal ↗
6 Feb 2025
Travel Writer: Lucas Petersoriginal ↗
1 Feb 2025
The time Kiki spent her birthday on a Vanuatu ferry designed more for cargo than for passengersoriginal ↗
23 Jan 2025
Ten more “Reverse-Bucket List” experiences (2024 edition)original ↗
16 Jan 2025
Taking a Kansas grassroots vision global, to a far-flung grassroots community in Malekula, Vanuatuoriginal ↗
9 Jan 2025
Travel Writer: Pier Nirandaraoriginal ↗
1 Jan 2025

2024

Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part IX: The journey was the pointoriginal ↗
26 Dec 2024
Malekula’s “laplap sosor” version of Vanuatu’s national dish is deliciousoriginal ↗
19 Dec 2024
Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part VIII: The seeds of Vagabondingoriginal ↗
12 Dec 2024
Travel writers who visit Vanuatu overlook (or ignore) this part of local cultureoriginal ↗
5 Dec 2024
Travel Writer: Troy Nahumkooriginal ↗
1 Dec 2024
Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part VII: Neurotic young-manhoodoriginal ↗
21 Nov 2024
On finding familiar things in some of the most isolated parts of the worldoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2024
A new film, shot in Kansas, aims to show what is possible for women’s artistic voices in rural Americaoriginal ↗
8 Nov 2024
Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part VI: On depicting placesoriginal ↗
7 Nov 2024
Travel Writer: Laura Kiniryoriginal ↗
1 Nov 2024
Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part V: On veering from the truthoriginal ↗
24 Oct 2024
On sharing a truck with 11 other people (plus chickens & yams) in Vanuatuoriginal ↗
17 Oct 2024
Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part IV: On recounting dialoguesoriginal ↗
10 Oct 2024
To keep cultural traditions active, Vanuatu kastom dances are sometimes performed for touristsoriginal ↗
3 Oct 2024
Travel Writer: Rosie Belloriginal ↗
1 Oct 2024
Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part III: On depicting other peopleoriginal ↗
26 Sept 2024
Exploring the chill, euphoriant ritual of drinking kava at an Uripiv, Vanuatu nakamaloriginal ↗
19 Sept 2024
Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part II: The author is a characteroriginal ↗
12 Sept 2024
In places like Uripiv, Vanuatu, “locavore” isn’t a lifestyle choice; it’s the only way to eatoriginal ↗
5 Sept 2024
Travel Writer: James Michael Dorseyoriginal ↗
1 Sept 2024
What’s the Best Way to Explore Kenya? Join a Local Hiking Club.original ↗
26 Aug 2024
Notes on my (never published) first travel book, part I: Pilgrims in a Sliding Worldoriginal ↗
22 Aug 2024
The secret to adventure is to travel in such a way that it finds youoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2024
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