Skewed North by Jolene Dames

Skewed North by Jolene Dames

Field Notes

Travel Isn’t Escape. It’s Orientation.

Why the places we return to matter more than the ones we chase

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Jolene Dames
Feb 06, 2026
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Travel was an escape for me. It was how I figured out where I was.

I’ll open my computer with one idea in mind, and then Facebook memories start popping up…
This time last year. (You were working on Ma…

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