Christmas Crazy: Welcome Home
December 23, 2015 in Canada, North America, Travelogue
My house, at this moment, is a rodeo. At five thirty, when I gingerly tiptoed to my kitchen to quietly make tea and then tiptoe to my seat at the […]
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On Community, Magic & Love: What I learned at the drum circle
November 26, 2014 in Guatemala, North America, Travelogue
“You know what I like about you?” Tor mused, sideways at me as we watched the orange flames dance in the darkness. “You’re unusually observant. You’re always watching things. You’re […]
February Book Report: What are you reading?
February 21, 2014 in Education
Reading is an important part of our family culture. We’re constantly reading, aloud as a family, and individually. We I read to my babies before they were born, and while […]
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 […]
Pearl Harbour: Lest We Forget
November 7, 2013 in North America, United States
The USS Arizona is still weeping. Great viscous tears of pitch coloured oil, leaking from deep inside her war torn sides with agonizing reluctance. As if she still can’t quite […]
Great Barrier Reef: Dreams & Adventures
November 1, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
“Mama, why do they call it a live-aboard?” Elisha asked while we were waiting. “Well… because it’s a boat we’re going to stay overnight on… you know, we’ll live-aboard it […]
Great Barrier Reef: Fun Facts
October 30, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
By the time you are reading this we’ll be hovering in the liquid blue over the Great Barrier Reef. This is a bucket list item for us. We’ve planned it […]
Drysdale: The calm before the storm
October 7, 2013 in Australia, Oceania, Travelogue
4:40 p.m. Just sat down with a glass of white wine in a house that smells faintly of ammonia window cleaner. Everything is very quiet. Hannah is working on her […]
10 Tips for Traveling With Kids
September 30, 2013 in Inspiration
It seems almost impossible to believe that I’ve been traveling with kids for nearly twenty years. From newborn babies, to teens with one foot out the door. From local weekend […]
Dinner at Melba: You’d like WHAT on your ice cream?
September 17, 2013 in Australia, Oceania
Let me open by saying that in America the concepts of “posh” and “buffet” rarely intersect. A buffet meal anywhere between the two coast of ‘Merica feels a lot like […]
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