June 25, 2021 / Jodi Morris / Travel Stories

The City Different: Travel Guide Santa Fe

Santa Fe carries many accolades. Located at 7,000 feet in the foothills of the southern…

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April 27, 2020 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

My Favorite Things

I’m back to feeling a little overwhelmed. It’s different from when this pandemic and shutdown…

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March 9, 2020 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

Beyond the Sites

“I truly thought we’d quietly sit the in back of a few classrooms and have…

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January 2, 2020 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

What Happens Next

They say a picture tells a story. This picture continues one. In early 2018, I…

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November 27, 2019 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

The Travel Transformation

My global travels aren’t an escape from life, but an extension of it. I may…

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May 24, 2019 / Jodi Morris / Travel Stories

The Love Hotel

Sometimes the strangest travel stories connect to economic opportunities. Check out The Love Hotel.

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April 5, 2019 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

Our Belt and Road

“So this is the growth of our country that we have seen. We will partner…

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January 2, 2019 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

Something About My Sister

“There’s something I need to share with you about my younger sister.” When you get…

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June 27, 2018 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

The Modern Warrior

It was the most unlikely of friendships. Tall and thin, he stands about 6’4″– with…

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June 18, 2018 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

Why I Have No Reservations About Parts Unknown

“He was one of the few that got it.” It was the most succinct way…

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May 18, 2018 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

The Sabbatical

“The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction,…

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December 19, 2017 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

An Invitation

“Who cares? I’m dead!” I poured three circles of olive oil into the heated pan,…

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November 17, 2017 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

The Education Lottery

I won the lottery of life. I was born in the U.S. I’ve never personally…

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June 9, 2017 / Jodi Morris / Leadership

21st Century Radio

“What the heck did you just order?” My husband tossed the cardboard mailing package on…

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July 12, 2016 / Jodi Morris / Travel Stories

My Berlin Wall Moment

“Good morning! Wake up. Your whole world has changed.” My 17-year-old niece Jamie moaned, eyes still closed,…

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June 26, 2015 / Jodi Morris / Travel Stories

The Last Saturday

“We already have a dishwasher…you.” This was my mom’s favorite comeback to my childhood moaning…

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June 3, 2015 / Jodi Morris / Global Investing

Where Am I?

I settled into the backseat of my car as we left the capital city airport.…

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September 8, 2014 / Jodi Morris / Global Investing

The Pink Taxi

My one night glimpse of Dubai didn’t go as planned. If you fly Emirates through…

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September 2, 2014 / Jodi Morris / Global Investing

Mitumba Art

“What can I create this afternoon?” Sonja Parkinson’s hand moved across her shelves stacked with…

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August 20, 2014 / Jodi Morris / Travel Stories

The Graduation II

We met in the darkness at the campus gate at 6am. It was graduation day,…

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