The sea does not reward those who are too anxious, too greedy, or too impatient. To dig for treasures shows not only impatience and greed, but lack of faith. Patience, patience, patience, is what the …
Raising The Roof: How to Expand Your Definition of Home
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Emerson's Essays The kids ripped open Easter cards from their aunt and $20 …
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One Good Reason Not to Travel
There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask "What if I fall?" Oh but my darling, What if you fly? ~ Erin Hanson “So mom, I calculated electricity and internet and food …
What Gifts Are You About to Receive?
Two years ago, as I was backing out of my parents' driveway in Washington, I was introduced to one of their friends. With three tired children in the car and a ferry boat to catch, the conversation …
Lucky Enough to Say Arrivederci
What is that feeling when you're driving away from people and they recede on the plain till you see their specks dispersing? - it's the too-huge world vaulting us, and it's good-bye. But we lean …
The Cinque Terre Era
As we traversed the cobbled sidewalks of the Cinque Terre this week and navigated the bustling cafes, something was different. From Manarola to Vernazza to Monterosso, we listened to Americans …
