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...

Originally written April 2023, I stumbled upon this yesterday (a year later) and was delightfully stunned at how beautifully life is...

From the archives, circa 2013... oh so many lifetimes ago. December 27, 2013 I spent the last two hours cleaning off my cell phone so...

“None of it means anything if you don’t have someone to share it with,” he told me. “Come to Europe with me.” It was the summer of my...

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

Sometimes the moment is the mission, and that is enough.

Tired of hearing his mom complain about being single and alone, in 2003 her son encouraged her to put an ad in the paper for a mate. She...

I got kicked out of two churches today in two different Spanish cities. I’m on an international crime spree. First, in Astorga, I visited...

after learning to ask for what I need, the next steps in my #CaminodeSantiago pilgrimage taught me about provision and grace

Wearing every stitch of clothing I brought on the hike, including three pairs of socks, a wool shirt, pants, leggings and a jacket still...

September 29, 2021 Shared dinner with a mate from my hostel tonight, a fella named James from Ireland. We talked about stereotypes...

Littering as Much as Possible Finally, we’re to the littering portion of today’s talk. I didn’t litter. In fact, I carried an empty Diet...

A three-part review of starting my Camino de Santiago pilgrimage September 28, 2021 Part 1: Pursuing Purgatory Points, Hushing Protestant...

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 4 of Honeymoon of the Heart, a revisiting to the Holy Land 2012 By the time we passed our third gas station, and after having...

A visit to Ephesus, Turkey, and a journey into wide-eyed wonder

Imagine my surprise when, in Turkey, when I'm confronted with seeing David's sword. As in King David....

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...