Cassie Stockamp

Living in the time of a pandemic, finding a job as an essential worker and creating space for a roommate with Parkinson’s I was in Colombia when the email ca...

It was 91 degrees in Amed, Bali and I was sitting on the steps of an Indomaret mulling over the year while eating a roll of coffee flavored cookies. Yeh, the...

So this whole little goof began in Sri Lanka last March after making friends with two young delightful women from Berlin. When we gathered each morning befor...

One rather gloomy winter day, I found myself slowly ambling around the halls of the Chicago Merchandise Mart peering into the showrooms that displayed some o...

My daughter graduated from Indiana University in May, so I came home to Indianapolis to be with her and celebrate her accomplishments!! My baby graduated and...

“What are you packing” is a question I often get and I must admit to being a bit overwhelmed. But it was not from the clothing list, but from all of the cord...

How….? When I tell people I am leaving for a year to volunteer around the world, their head often cocks to one side in that “I don’t understand” position! So...

Mom, so you want to go to Easter Island? Sure, someday. Mom, you want to go the Galapagos Islands? Yeh, the wildlife is supposed to incredible. Mom………………. I w...

Silence. I find it interesting to see what is drawing my attention as I’m reading this summer, and no, I’m not reading just in preparation for my trip, but f...

So I'm going to do it... I’m leaving my job at the Athenaeum and a few people are asking why I am leaving such a cool job? I must admit this crazy historic b...