How to decide to say Yes or No
For the past two years, I have been traveling the world, a dream I worked and saved towards for many years. At the same time, I’ve been working hard to build a writing career. I’ve vowed not to…
Continue ReadingFor the past two years, I have been traveling the world, a dream I worked and saved towards for many years. At the same time, I’ve been working hard to build a writing career. I’ve vowed not to…
Continue ReadingBrian and I were backpacking in Torres del Paine National Park, a pristine and stunning wilderness area in Chile’s Patagonia region. Friends had flown in from the U.S. to join us. We were having a grand…
Continue ReadingTwo weeks ago we lost our dog Bear. I haven’t wanted to write about it because it makes me too sad, but I can’t bring myself to write about anything else so I had to…
Continue ReadingIt’s because of our friends Judd and Amanda that we became fixated on the idea of buying crystals. During our stay in Portland, they told us of their own personal hunt for the perfect crystals.…
Continue ReadingEurope by train: Day 4. Caussade, France. It is my last day in the chateau. I’ve been padding around in my wool socks and sweatpants all afternoon, drinking coffee, perched in front of my computer doing…
Continue ReadingA poem by Mary Oliver Look, the treesare turningtheir own bodiesinto pillars of light,are giving off the richfragrance of cinnamonand fulfillment, the long tapersof cattailsare bursting and floating away overthe blue shoulders of the ponds,and…
Continue ReadingOne thing that I didn’t know before I started my blog is how much information a blogger or website owner can retrieve about people who visit their site. Don’t worry, I don’t know anything creepy about…
Continue Reading“The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn…
Continue ReadingKindness Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho lies dead by the side of the road you must see how this could be you,…
Continue ReadingKim’s note: Anybody in a long-term relationship knows that relationships, even happy ones, are tough work. When two people set out to build a life together they take an extraordinary leap of faith. The truth is, we can…
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