I Could Live Here: A Travel Memoir of Home and Belonging
NOW AVAILABLE!
eBook | Paperback | Hardcover | Audiobook
I Could Live Here: A Travel Memoir of Home and Belonging
NOW AVAILABLE!
eBook | Paperback | Hardcover | Audiobook
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.
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 nothing but a traveler’s eye and a knack for storytelling, I left a secure academic career for the wild blue yonder—and never looked back.
From that first assignment to hundreds of journeys across six continents, I’ve turned curiosity into a creative life. In 2023, I distilled those adventures into I Could Live Here: A Travel Memoir of Home and Belonging.
In 2015, after 15 years in travel and tourism media, I shifted into marketing communications and content management. I’m based in New Mexico—though just as often writing from Peru or Portugal. I also co-founded the group travel blog YourLifeIsATrip.com.
When I’m not exploring a new place, you’ll find me curled up with a book, geeking out over design and local artisans, researching my latest curiosity, or daydreaming in a hammock.
I welcome collaborations and speaking engagements—feel free to get in touch to discuss your next project.
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.
