Here’s to Today

The three of us bonded. Without names we established a lovely connection, present in the moment as travelers and the sisterhood of Row 2.

Oh, how sweet memories are. What a gift when they remind us we are living the best life we choose to create. 365 days ago I set an...

There is this “gemstone” in Galicia that isn’t really a gemstone at all. It’s compressed coal that has stood pressure over time. Since...

Spanish cities go dormant as the sun eases past it‘s crest each afternoon. With the heat of the day, yawns lengthen, arms stretch, and...

Life is often bigger than what’s before us. Some things are more than the eye can see.

Crossing the ocean by myself, arriving in Madrid, spending eight hours in the city solo, finding the train station and navigating...

I didn’t know why I was coming. I only knew I needed to. Having just left a job that at one point I'd thought had been a dream, something...

Part of the Honeymoon of the Heart series, originally published October 10, 2012 "My home is yours," he said as we walked down the cement...

Part of the Honeymoon of the Heart series, originally published October 2, 2012 I am struggling with something, wrestling with it really....

Yesterday Chachi and I were at REI. I wanted to pop in quick, look at backpacks, and see about a couple specific items for a walk/hike I...

I’ve never ran a marathon. Well, not one with tennis shoes on my feet and numbers pinned to my chest, anyway. But I have ran the kind...

A season of sabbatical and shifting Good morning, Loved Ones: It’s July 1, and this month, I choose me. I’ve worked since I was 13, been...

by Rebecca Buell | Aug 25, 2020 Cleaning and purging bookcases earlier this week, I ran across a beloved treasure. There on the...

by Rebecca Buell | Mar 31, 2020 This afternoon in the sunny confines of my front porch, I am reflecting on a precious friend who for the...

by Rebecca Buell | Oct 22, 2019 It is clear and easily evident that having social skills like empathy, understanding, acceptance, and...