The story began with a quest for meaningful connections early in the global pandemic. Now, more than half a dozen paper diaries are crisscrossing continents, vanquishing isolation one shared story at a time.
Originally published on May 20, 2021 3:17 pm
2005 gave moviegoers “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” Fast forward: 2020 gave women across the globe a traveling diary.
Kyra Peralte of Montclair, New Jersey, used a traveling notebook to connect women around the world during the deep isolation of the pandemic. She started keeping a journal about the challenges of COVID-19 and then began sending it to strangers, inviting other women to fill in the remaining lined pages of her black and white marbled composition notebook with their own stories.
Now the Traveling Diary Tour has more than 700 members worldwide in places such as London, Australia, Portugal and Hong Kong.
The Traveling Diary Tour (Courtesy of Kyra Peralte)
2005 gave moviegoers “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” Fast forward: 2020 gave women across the globe a traveling diary.
Kyra Peralte of Montclair, New Jersey, used a traveling notebook to connect women around the world during the deep isolation of the pandemic. She started keeping a journal about the challenges of COVID-19 and then began sending it to strangers, inviting other women to fill in the remaining lined pages of her black and white marbled composition notebook with their own stories.
Now the Traveling Diary Tour has more than 700 members worldwide in places such as London, Australia, Portugal and Hong Kong.