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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Trip Fiction: Have You Read Any Good Books Lately?
"The last sentence he had always feared and from the middle of a book, he had always been tormented by the thought that there would inevitably be a last sentence.” ~ Night Train to Lisbon One of our …
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Paris: Go Deep or Go Wide?
“Not everything can be important, and not always,” I said. “That would be awful.” ~ Pascal Mercier When we sat down to make our list of “Things to Do” in Paris, the conversation ended with everyone …
A Memorable Memorial Day in Normandy, France
It wasn’t exactly despair they were feeling; it was more like a refusal to understand, the stupor you feel when you’re dreaming, when the veil of sleep is about to lift, when you can feel the dawn …
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Mother's Day In Monet's Garden
“What does it depend on when we have experienced a month as a fulfilled time, our time, instead of a time that has passed us by . . .that ran through our fingers, so that it seems to us like a lost, …
