As we drove along the French Riviera, I could not help thinking that Spring begins in the South of France. The splashy blooms seemed to have arrived too early along with the rain-soaked promenades. …
Accepting What You Don’t Know
I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing. ~ Herman Melville, Moby-Dick By the end of last week, I was fed up with my many inadequacies. The frustration of …
Our 2014 Deliberate Dozen: Top 12 Family Travel Finds in Europe
We have traveled quite a bit in 2014. We had to really rack our brains to pick our top twelve family travel finds. It's important to note that the following list is in no particular order. …
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What Europeans Know About the Art of Conversation
For the first time ever, we spent our wedding anniversary dinner with our children. We didn’t even think to celebrate without them. Why? Because they have learned a great deal about the art of …
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Have You Ever Heard of Globish?
When my son Max saw this sign on our way into a remote hill town in the Marche region of Italy, he said, “ I wonder why they don’t like big bands here.” Upon further reflection, we all realized it …
What Motherhood And Rites of Passage Have in Common
As we launched our canoes on Lac de Chalain in the late afternoon, a thick milky veil clouded my vision. How did we end up here, in this perfect moment, on this perfect day? We never planned to come …
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