My great aunt used to unplug all her appliances when she wasn’t using them. She would even turn off the water running to the washing machine when she wasn’t doing laundry. I have been thinking about her a lot lately and how she would softly float between outlets and say, “I unplug to save energy.” […]
About Colleen Mariotti
One Simple Ingredient
There are many people we love unconditionally but there are only a few places in the world where we have felt unconditional love. The most loving ground we have ever stepped foot on was the Ananda Kurjana Ashram and Orphanage in Indonesia. It is a place that exists because of love, grows out of love, […]
How Do You Write the Next Chapter? Vietnam Then and Now
I remember reading Love in the Time of Cholera when I was pregnant with Max. My favorite line in the novel, written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is “He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, […]
5 Carry-on Travel Essentials – The Right Stuff
A wise woman in a far-off land once said to me, “I often wonder how much of what weighs me down is not mine to carry.” When we sold all of our belongings in 2013, we made a very deliberate decision. With three kids in tow, the idea of traveling with just one carry-on each […]
8 Ways to Slow Down Today
We have a Costco card, a Volvo wagon, and homework. We have meetings, deadlines and commitments. We have check-ups, a clothes dryer and prescriptions. We have invitations, a gift closet and dressers. We have a dishwasher, to do lists, and sports practices. Take-out menus and punch cards fill our handbags. We each have more than […]