Wanderings & Adventures

Two Old People, One Fungus, and a Lot of Weeds
On yard work, old age, and a minor league flashback We have been power-washing a house in rural Pennsylvania. This is not a sentence I

The Creative Thread
Finding Inspiration in London I discovered Selvedge a few months ago, a British magazine dedicated to textiles, craftsmanship, fashion, and global textile culture. It reignited

Tuscany, After Rome: One Bite at a Time
He Basked. I Filed the Report. We agreed, Ed and I, that we would write about overtourism. It was going to be thematic, maybe even

Women Who Leave a Trace
A personal archive of presence and persistence Since we’ve lived in Valencia and started traveling more consistently, I’ve been collecting something I don’t really have

Roman Games
Reflecting on our recent brief sojourn in Rome and Tuscany, Bonnie and I sat down to discuss the approach we’d take to writing a blog

A Whirlwind Week in Spain with Family
Hosting family and friends is an interesting mix of excitement and responsibility. You want them to fall in love with your hometown the way you

Two Old People, One Fungus, and a Lot of Weeds
On yard work, old age, and a minor league flashback We have been power-washing a house in rural Pennsylvania. This is not a sentence I

The Creative Thread
Finding Inspiration in London I discovered Selvedge a few months ago, a British magazine dedicated to textiles, craftsmanship, fashion, and global textile culture. It reignited

Tuscany, After Rome: One Bite at a Time
He Basked. I Filed the Report. We agreed, Ed and I, that we would write about overtourism. It was going to be thematic, maybe even

Women Who Leave a Trace
A personal archive of presence and persistence Since we’ve lived in Valencia and started traveling more consistently, I’ve been collecting something I don’t really have

Roman Games
Reflecting on our recent brief sojourn in Rome and Tuscany, Bonnie and I sat down to discuss the approach we’d take to writing a blog

A Whirlwind Week in Spain with Family
Hosting family and friends is an interesting mix of excitement and responsibility. You want them to fall in love with your hometown the way you

The Creative Thread
Finding Inspiration in London I discovered Selvedge a few months ago, a British magazine dedicated to textiles, craftsmanship, fashion, and global textile culture. It reignited

Tuscany, After Rome: One Bite at a Time
He Basked. I Filed the Report. We agreed, Ed and I, that we would write about overtourism. It was going to be thematic, maybe even

Roman Games
Reflecting on our recent brief sojourn in Rome and Tuscany, Bonnie and I sat down to discuss the approach we’d take to writing a blog

A Whirlwind Week in Spain with Family
Hosting family and friends is an interesting mix of excitement and responsibility. You want them to fall in love with your hometown the way you

Reflections on the Bosphorus
I guess we’ve become seasoned travelers since our first visit to Istanbul in 2012. The magic and energy of this great city straddling two continents

Blue Domes and Ancient Roads: Traveling Through Uzbekistan
You’re going where? Uzbekistan? Where’s that? Why? The thrill of the unknown gripped me as I arrived in Uzbekistan with the kind of anticipation that