Wanderings & Adventures

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Shaking our oranges
In January, an annual ritual takes place in the city of Valencia – shaking of the oranges from the thousands of orange trees scattered around the city. With approximately 12,000 of them, this is...
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Family TIme
The end of ’24 and the start of ’25 have been Family Time! December was a whirlwind of activity as we returned to Pennsylvania for the holiday season. We landed in Pittsburgh at 8PM on December 6, got...
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Staying Put
We’ve just set a record for staying put – we’ve been in Valencia for a consecutive seven weeks without even one overnight train trip! I’ve been busy taking an immersion Spanish course which required...
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Solidarity
It’s been just over three weeks since DANA – the catastrophic floods that hit Valencia on October 29. The damage is unfathomable. Approximately 70 different communities outside of the city of Valencia...
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Valencia Flood Update
A couple of days after the flooding, a new Volunteer Coordination Center opened in Valencia. One of its programs facilitates transportation to the affected areas for volunteers. Yesterday, they announced...

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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