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Hi, friends! Today I want to share with you the first three Travel Favorites of this new series I’m starting. I will be posting two or three new favorites in a video and a post every week or so. If …

How to Make a Small World Smaller

Melissa March 27, 2012

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Hola! This is the written-out version of the tutorial I just posted on YouTube using a few “iPhoneography” apps. Let me know if you have any questions, or what your favorite iphoneography apps are. There is a list with links …

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iPhoneography App Review

Melissa March 4, 2012

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Hi everybody! I just wanted to write a short post to go with the last video I put up about the iPhoneography apps. There were a few apps I used in the video and I wanted to include a little …

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Take a Flying Leap Day, 2012

Melissa March 4, 2012

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Leap Day has always been interesting to me, but this year was especially good timing. Personally, I was really in need of a bonus day. A day that feels more like a gift than a “regular” day. A day that …

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What’s in my travel kit? Part 1:The Bag

Melissa February 13, 2012

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“Why buy good luggage? You only use it when you travel.” –Yogi Berra When I went in search of a new toiletry bag last year… I was not excited. I had had this same, great, perfect sized toiletry bag since …

To Stay or Go? Being Sick & Away

Melissa January 6, 2012

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This is my kind of town, Chicago is My kind of town, Chicago is My kind of people, too People who smile at you. A few months back, my friends invited me to join them for a winter weekend trip …

First video!

Melissa January 4, 2012

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Hi everybody! I just wanted to write a short post to let you know that I have started posting videos to go along with this blog. This first video is a little rough and it STILL took me forever to …

Lost, But Not Forgotten.

Melissa November 27, 2011

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A few weeks ago on an unsuspecting Thursday, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced the extinction of the Javan rhinoceros of Vietnam. Then, a few short weeks later, they declared a different species of …

Mini-venture

Melissa November 12, 2011

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I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson I find that when I have not traveled for some time, I begin to get antsy. …

Wisdom from Dagobah & Ecuador

Melissa October 15, 2011

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Hello and welcome to BlueMorpho Blog. I plan to write and upload videos and photos as often as I can. Most of the time, everything will have something to do with travel and our amazing world. I am in love …