Snorkeling Trip, Nai Yang: A Photo Essay

November 11, 2012 in Asia, Snorkeling, Thailand, Travelogue

I learned to snorkel in the Sea of Cortez the winter I was eight. My first attempt included becoming terrified of a sting ray, screaming my head off through my […]

Remembrance Day: Lest We Forget

November 11, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

Sitting on the beach looking at a steel grey ocean meeting a gun metal grey sky, thinking about the significance of today… The men and women who’ve served… or cried […]

It’s All Fun & Games Until Someone Sets a Fishhook Into His Foot

November 7, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

Nothing ruins a perfectly good dinner party quite like blood curdling screaming and thrashing about in the sand. It’s become somewhat of a twice weekly habit, meeting a few of […]

Island Adventures: A day out on Phuket

November 3, 2012 in Asia, blog, Thailand, Travelogue

Some days it just feels like you need to “get out” and “have an adventure.” We love the days when we just pile into a car, turn up the music […]

Did You Know We Have A Theme Song: Meet Our Friends Ryanhood

November 2, 2012 in blog, Inspiration, North America, Travelogue, United States

Unless you’ve been around a long time, you may not know that we have a theme song. It’s kind of a long story, really. Music has always been important to […]

Creating Community On The Road

October 29, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

“This is almost as good as Camp Wood!” Ezra announced, with a grin of delight before he snapped his goggles back over his eyes and bombed back into the pool. […]

My Life Is Not A Postcard: In Which I Rant & You Learn Some Things You Didn’t Know

October 27, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

I have a bee in my bonnet. It’s a community bee, not any one person. Not any one comment, not any one moment, rather the culmination of annoying little buzzings […]

What I’m Reading: A reading list for fall

October 23, 2012 in Inspiration, Travelogue

What are you reading at the moment? I am always reading. I learned to read quite young and I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have a book in […]

A Visit to the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project & Bang Pae Waterfall, Phuket

October 19, 2012 in Asia, blog, Thailand, Travelogue

The first sound we heard was their singing: A high, haunting whistle-wail that rose and fell in waves through the jungle canopy. “They sound so much different than the howler […]

Families On The Move Meet-Up: Penang, Malaysia Adventures

October 11, 2012 in Asia, Malaysia, Thailand, Travelogue

I lay on my back in the azure ocean, the temperature of a warm bath and listened to my own heartbeat. Beyond that, the soft tinkle of the bell and […]