Pain As Meditation

June 27, 2012 in blog, Guatemala, Thailand, Travelogue

**Prologue** I wrote this over a year ago. I wrote it for myself, primarily. (I do a lot of that.) I never intended to share it with anyone but the […]

Our Travel ABCs

January 5, 2012 in Africa, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Canada, Czech Republic, England, Europe, France, Germany, Guatemala, Inspiration, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, North America, Travelogue, Tunisia, United States

I came upon a post like this on a new blog I’m exploring Mama’s Got Wanderlust. Of course the name resonates with me, you ought to check it out. It’s […]

The Year In Review: 2011 Photo Essay

December 31, 2011 in Belize, Canada, Guatemala, Honduras, North America, Travelogue, United States

It’s been a five country year for us, across North and Central America. We thought you might like to take a quick trip back through 2011 with us in pictures: […]

My 7 Links: Seven Posts That Deserve To See The Light Of Day

July 13, 2011 in Czech Republic, Europe, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, Inspiration, Mexico, North America, Travelogue, United States

I’ve had a lot of fun reading the 7 Links posts that folks have been posting. It’s always interesting to me to read back through old stories and watch how […]

Learn to Make Chocolate

May 1, 2011 in Guatemala, North America, Podcast, Travelogue

Learn to make chocolate with us. This is not Hershey’s!

Haiku for a Road Trip

April 22, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

  cruising down the road motor humming steadily the soundtrack of life   Tony wrote me a book of haikus for Christmas two years ago. The second one applies to […]

Paragliding

April 20, 2011 in Guatemala, North America, Podcast, Travelogue

Our friend, John, teaches us about his paraglider.

Houston… we have a problem!

April 18, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

We ran, like crazy people, through the Houston airport, vainly hoping there’d be time.  There wasn’t. As if in one last homage to the Central American vibe our plane left […]

Good Gifts-Our Last Night In Guatemala

April 15, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

Antigua is a zoo tonight. The whole town is swollen in anticipation of semana santa and the streets are positively oozing people.   We’re safely tucked into Hotel Don Ismael, […]

Continental Shift

April 10, 2011 in blog, Guatemala, North America, Travelogue

One week from today we’ll be waking up in Chicago.   It’s always a weird feeling, to get to the point in a journey where it’s time for a major […]