Wanderings & Adventures

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The Lifestyle That Keeps Drawing Us Back
One of the gifts we receive spending part of the year in two very different places is perspective. After nearly three winter months in the U.S. — including time in California and a wonderful stop in Atlanta...
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Porto: You're Such a Charmer
It’s been more than three years since our first visit to Portugal. It was love at first sight . . . well, at least infatuation. Lisbon was a delight, of course. But oh Porto, you sly thing. You are romance...
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A week in Paradise
Touchdown in Madeira It’s a volcano. A vast undersea mountain with only the top rising from the sea, and like most mountains, it’s a rugged, irregular landscape of peaks and gorges that reach right down...
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Food and Friends - 27 Hours in Madrid
One of the many nice things about living in Valencia is how easy it is to escape for a quick jaunt to exciting destinations. For example, just two hours on a high-speed train, and we can immerse ourselves...
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Romance and Wonder: Versailles
When it comes to conjuring a romantic fantasy, palaces and castles have few peers. And in this category, the Palace at Versailles leads the way in legend, myth, and sheer audacity. It seemed like an ideal...

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

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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

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Choosing the We

When Ed and I are walking through a new city, he’s always the navigator. I’ve stopped even pulling out my phone. I just wait quietly

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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

Read More »

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

Read More »

Choosing the We

When Ed and I are walking through a new city, he’s always the navigator. I’ve stopped even pulling out my phone. I just wait quietly

Read More »

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

Read More »

Basque Country Gem

The Cave Stepping into the depths of the enormous cavern of rock, dampness and earth filling my nostrils, I was startled by the roar of

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