Travel Unexpected Oasis We followed the path to a courtyard with solar-powered recharging stations as well as inviting places to sit and rest... I wish we had known about it when we took more intense trips to D.C. when our children were small.
Rome Rome I felt like I was in a beautiful dream, among Italians again for the first time in five years. As we walked around that afternoon and evening, I felt lightened and comforted and wonderstruck. How could I ever stay away from Rome?
Travel But why though? I saw a Muslim family taking pictures of their children beside some of the Arabic inscriptions in the Nasrid Palaces, and I was struck by the parallels between them visiting Spain and me visiting Turkey.
Camping Roadtrip! Atlanta to Quantico We can't be full-time nomads. I'm not really even sure I would want that because I do love my home, but we like to try and be part-time nomads, which means working from the road sometimes. We recently upgraded our travel trailer to make working and
Travel Does everyone really love Hawaii? Maybe now that we are totally past the pandemic, I would love Hawaii enough to overcome the strange claustrophobia of island fever. It is undeniably fascinating and beautiful. Still...it's a big world to see, why risk it?
Virginia Travel to Chincoteague on something like a pilgrimage. A celebration of the freedom and companionship contained in the paradoxical notion of having your own wild pony. It always struck me as magical that they were actually going to Chincoteague--as if they were going to Narnia.