I’ve never considered myself a creative person. I don’t do crafts, sew, or bake like my sisters. I love looking at art, but I’ve never tried creating it. In college…
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Claiming the Title: Writer
Time is branding, fleeting, and imagined all at once. Time in the past tense is documentable, easy to evaluate, and often leaves marks—both good and bad. In the present, how…
Crabbing and Crab Cakes
That hopeful anticipation when pulling up a Dungeness crab pot never gets old. As it gets closer to the surface, before we can see if we've caught any live crab…
Life Lessons and a Cherry Pie
In this Amazon era where we can get almost anything at any time, there are still a few things we have to wait all year to taste. Rainier Cherries are…
Climbing the Torre del Mangia in Siena, Italy
Some might say the view is the reward after climbing nearly five hundred steps to the top of Torre del Mangia in Siena, Italy. Once on top, the panoramic view…
Finding Culture at the Meat Market
Although eating out while traveling is part of finding the culture, I would also argue that cooking-in can add to the adventure. But only within the last couple decades, since…
Favorite Souvenir: The Kids Journals
Little did I know when I packed blank journals for the kids, they would become my favorite souvenirs. Truth be told, having the boys do journal time was more about…
Summer Solstice in Paris
Romanticized as the city of love, and often called the city of lights, if you arrive just before June 21st, you will also find that Paris is the city of…
Happy Hour in the South African Bush
We crossed timezones and hurdled seasons. We left our dark, cold northwest corner of the United States, and arrived in mid summer South African heat. On our first safari game…