When I was growing up, I was rather like Dorothy in that I believed there was absolutely no place like home. This was during the eighties and nineties, a great time to be a kid. Regardless, my room wa...Read More
There was once a king who built a castle for his newborn son. He commanded all personnel to shield his boy from the misfortunes of the outside world. As a result, the boy lived a comfortable existence...Read More
My husband and I followed a wall with ivy snaking along each brick until it dipped gradually down, revealing Sorrento a thousand feet below. Through a line of trees, the setting sun glinted gold on th...Read More
Ever since I was an anxious kid with Peter Pan syndrome, I’ve always searched for the secret to slowing time down to a crawl. Happiness speeds it up (“Time flies when you’re having f...Read More
Many journeys in life are planned… or, at least, eagerly awaited. A backpacking trip through western Europe. A hike in the mountains. Parenthood. And then there are the journeys that are forced ...Read More
There’s so much to say about our recent trip to Ireland with our almost-two-year-old daughter, but I’m going to start by responding to my prior post: Planning International Travel with a T...Read More
When we started planning our trip to Ireland, our daughter was an adorable 18-month-old. She listened when we told her no. She was easy to please and effortless to manage. Well, we leave next month an...Read More
What a year. It may not have been a year of physical travel, but it was a year of writing, planning, and parenting, which has been even more amazing. I feel like I have traveled to another realm of my...Read More