The Blog

What’s your next adventure?

I don’t mean climbing Mount Kilimanjaro or running across the Grand Canyon (and back).

Of course I’m...

I was thinking about Finland this morning which is totally random because while I’ve been lucky enough to see much of this world, I’ve...

When I was in Oaxaca last week, my friend Vanessa and I took a couple of day trips to small villages outside of the city.

We wanted to visit two...

Last night, I showed my kids videos I took in this little village that made me feel like I had walked right onto the set Coco (which is impossible...

Whenever I set my alarm at the ungodly hour of 5am, my first thought is: Holy crap, I’m so tired, I can’t move.

My next thought is:...

I want to share the meaning of the Spanish word querencia.

I learned about it a few weeks ago, after one of my teenage daughters, Maddie, spent 40...

It was a warmish night during rainy season in my beloved Costa Rica (aka my spirit homeland).

My twin girls were 8 years old and I remember waking...

I didn’t know how to make cement from scratch, it’s not exactly a New Yorker type of activity, even though I’m surrounded by...

This one blue fish kept looking at me while I was snorkeling.

Well, it wasn’t really looking at me, it was probably looking for food, but I...

I’m writing from my homeland.

Sardinia, Italy.

Well, my family is from Sicily but I’m on the island right next door, so I think it...

I was deep in conversation with my son Jack about all the reasons why recess, lunch, and dismissal are his favorite parts of school.

We were on the...

It took about 4 minutes for my son to learn how to work the table saw and cut a 2-by-4 slab of wood by himself.

As I stood there frozen, watching...