Christmas Letter-2013
December 18, 2013 in Inspiration
I have been trying to write this letter for days. Life keeps getting in the way. It is cold this morning in Indiana. The trees have pulled the thick blanket […]
Family travel instead of holiday gifts, with Thomas Cook
December 17, 2013 in Inspiration
‘Tis the season to buy stuff, right? I’ve been asked several times in the past month “what we do about Christmas” and what we recommend giving as gifts to travelers. […]
Looking with new eyes: On home, and away.
December 16, 2013 in North America, Travelogue, United States
One of the reasons we travel is to see new things. To learn. To grow. To be stretched. To stand outside everything we thought we new and realize that there […]
5 Ways packaged vacations can be a great way to hit the road, with Air Canada Vacations
December 16, 2013 in Inspiration
Getting my haircut, as we travel, always makes me nervous. I’m picky, and my haircuts have to be low maintenance. I put off going for as long as I possibly […]
The gifts we give: Reflections on presents and presence
December 11, 2013 in North America, Travelogue, United States
This time last year we were in Borneo. Orangutans, jungle walks and old head-hunter skulls for Christmas. We rented this house on stilts in Miri, on the border with Brunei, […]
On grumpy elf & ironing
December 9, 2013 in North America, Travelogue, United States
Perhaps the hardest thing about this friends and family tour through the midwestern United States is the pace. Eighteen sets of loved ones hugged tight within the past three and […]
Of fog, family and familiar things
December 3, 2013 in North America, Travelogue, United States
I-94 around Chicago is shrouded in fog. Not the pea soup kind that makes for white knuckle driving. This is the misty, ghostly kind through which leafless black trees reach […]
The Impossible Dream: a word to be careful with
November 27, 2013 in Inspiration
“Those who say it is impossible, should not interrupt those who are doing it.” Someone I don’t really know recently asserted, in a group, that a particular aspect of what […]
I am cold: And other news from the Canadian Rockies
November 26, 2013 in Canada, North America, Travelogue
The Canadian Rockies are spectacular. The bony plates along the spines of sleeping dragons, frozen in place under Jack Frost’s spell, curled head to tail in a pile of jagged […]
5 Things longterm travel is NOT
November 21, 2013 in Inspiration
I awoke, this morning, thinking about our journey and the excitement of being home for a few months. I opened my eyes to messages of love and daily life from […]
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