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I Could Live Here: A Travel Memoir of Home and Belonging


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I Could Live Here: A Travel Memoir of Home and Belonging


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I Could Live Here By Ellen Barone

 

An intimate and revelatory travel memoir for anyone grappling with an unconventional life.

 

When an unexpected phone call and its startling consequences sent my husband, Hank, and me packing on a global nomadic adventure—first for a year, then another, until somehow a decade of itinerant rootlessness had come to feel like home—I never expected to find connection and belonging in impermanence. But our temporary circumstances provided a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery and a growing comfort with change, uncertainty, and vulnerability.

I Could Live Here is a story of life upended, new beginnings, and a redefined meaning of home.

I Could Live Here Available November 14, 2023. Cover art by Ute Hagen.

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My Story


Freedom. Creativity. Curiosity. Mine is the story of a woman discovering herself in the world and finding the language to articulate and share the experience. 

My Story


Freedom. Creativity. Curiosity. Mine is the story of a woman discovering herself in the world and finding the language to articulate and share the experience. 

An unlikely wanderer

In 1998, with no qualifications other than a traveler’s eye and a knack for telling a tale, I traded a secure academic career for the wild blue yonder and a new life as an independent travel writer and photographer.

From a handful of assignments to hundreds of adventures spanning the globe, I turned a passion for exploration into a creative life inspired by a commitment to exploration.

Today, after 15 years in media production for travel and tourism, I work remotely as an independent web services provider and content manager.

I am based in New Mexico, but as an avid long-term traveler, I am as likely to be logging in from Peru or Portugal as from home.

I recently released my first book, I Could Live Here: A Travel Memoir of Home and Belonging.

When I’m not discovering a new place, writing, or creating, you'll find me reading, geeking out about cool design and local artisans, researching my latest curiosity, or daydreaming in a hammock.

Do you need someone who loves words and technology? Let’s talk.

Ellen Barone "at home" in Scotland.
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Discover Authentic Experiential Storytelling


Sometimes it's crazy, astounding, amazing, funny, frustrating, and exasperating, but no matter what happens....life is always a trip. 

Discover Authentic Experiential Storytelling


Sometimes it's crazy, astounding, amazing, funny, frustrating, and exasperating, but no matter what happens....life is always a trip. 

In 2009, I launched the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com together with travel journalist Judith Fein on the belief that other travelers shared our desire to read about real people writing about real life. No top ten lists. No superficial content. Just authentic experiences. Today, we're the go-to website for experiential storytelling and narrative travel writing with hundreds of writers worldwide and each story as unique and original as the people behind them. 

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After a long pause, I’m enjoying a slow return to social media on Instagram @ellenbarone. Want to join me? I’d love to meet you there.

JOIN Me on Instagram


After a long pause, I’m enjoying a slow return to social media on Instagram @ellenbarone. Want to join me? I’d love to meet you there.