My life is decidely different than it was a year ago, 3 years ago or 7 years ago. Colin and I move around and like to keep things interesting. Our latest additions to the household have definitely redefined the meaning of “interesting.” And exhausting.
So as a sweet little surprise for my birthday, Colin called in [...]
Thanks to my husband, I got the chance to listen to the ultimate rant on America… from my favorite Brit, Stephen Fry. He has a fantastic podcast called Stephen Fry’s Podgrams. Some are scripted, others are extemporaneous. That is major.
Fry came to America for his BBC series Stephen Fry’s America, now available on DVD. No [...]
On the road, in a car, weaving through the hills, we listened alternately to the sound of radio palpitating, or the body sounds the car spewed coughs or chuckles, the careening of hot tires communing with pavement.
That tree flying is a Norway maple, twisting toward the sunlight– just the same as the one, still and [...]
I don’t mean to gloat but– well, oops sorry! Apparently I do!
Colin told me this morning that he noticed that when I am right about something and he is wrong, I have the instinct to remind him at least once or twice.
“See? I was right! See Colin?? I was right!”
My response of course was “really? [...]
I love flying out of small airports… There is nothing better than the 15 foot walk from entryway to checkin. Don’t get me wrong — I still reminisce about the Heathrow days, when long security lines snaked around the coffee shops and purse boutiques, and that was even before you the entered security rope maze. [...]
I forgot to post the rest of our photos from our trip to Canada, so if anyone is interested, here they are.
After we left Jasper, we took the Skeena train (two days) through Prince George and stayed overnight there, (Hi uncle Lloyd and Aunt Jackie!) then on to Prince Rupert.
There we picked up the B.C. [...]
Colin and I travel a lot, but usually in fits and starts. The last long, proper holiday we took was to Egypt.
This time around Colin took me, along with my parents, on a tour of western Alberta and British Columbia, his homeland.
Below is a slideshow of the images of the first half of the trip. [...]
I went hiking at Weir farm National Historic Site recently with some friends from a hiking meetup.
The site includes old farm buildings and a huge acreage of gardens and forest.
We hiked around Weir Pond and into the woods.
it was early evening in the summer and the light was very pretty coming through the trees.
The buildings [...]
Colin and I like to travel a lot. When we were overseas, you could find us in a foreign country on any given weekend.
Our latest adventure, to the Dominican Republic, was thanks to my brother-in-law Jay and my sister Mary. This was their trip, and they asked us to come along.
Mary and I have traveled [...]
I was juicing an orange this morning when a memory blast of Galway hit me.
I didn’t juice any oranges, that I remember, in Galway, or any part of Ireland. I wonder what part of my brain shot me through with a violently lovely blip of those two days a year ago in Ireland.
We travelled by [...]
Or… Where to Find the Best Seat on Earth
I really dug Eric Nuzum’s theory on crazy people riding the bus on a new favorite blog, The Prince of Petworth.
My pal Cathy lives in this area of Washington D.C. and introduced me to this fab blog about a, at best, up and coming, and at worst, [...]
Or, Christmas… Elsewhere
There are two kinds of traveling: have to and will to.
Have to Travel
Work
Family
Death
Holiday
Will To
See
Experience
Chill
Activate
Interact
Note the difference in the etymology of the two?
First is static, nominative. The second is active, verbal, a way to BE in the world.
We’re traveling at the holidays, like so many people do: Family, Work, Holiday (hopefully no Death). I [...]
If you’re wondering where people go when they don’t update their blogs for a few days, it might be Kansas.
It might be to visit old friends. To stop and sit on a sofa, holding a fussy baby and wonder “Is this what is meant by vacation?” It might be that time you spend, stopping in [...]
One thing that you lose, when you live a life with a car, is your connection with your feet.
I miss my Mazda Protégé. I miss it a lot. I don’t love my life in London, and in lots of ways I can’t wait to be able to just hop in a car again—preferably a zippy [...]
