There’s no Eiffel Tower from my window; no Arc de Triomphe, cobblestone street, or art deco Metro entrance.  Rue Mouffetard Market –  with madame proprietor of La Fontaine aux Vins who now greets me by name, the boulangerie clerk who’s still not forgiven my 50 euro faux pas, the rows of vendors with fruits and [...]

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You’d think as much as I’ve traveled, a month in Paris as a writing student would come easy. OK. Maybe not the student or writing parts; that still has me worried. But a seasoned traveler morphing into Parisian life for a month, I should be able to do that, right? Three days into it, here’s [...]

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Friends and wisdom show up in some of the most unexpected places.  I’ve recently  discovered a terrific Facebook group, Families on the Move, and this poem appeared there over the weekend from Mojito Mother.  (I’m captivated simply by the name and her blog: Mojito Mother — Putting the MOJO Back into a Mother’s Life.) Raising [...]

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Funny thing about travel. It’s changing how we see the world, and how we see ourselves.  When we set off to Australia almost two years ago, we didn’t really know what to expect. Truth be known, it was rather terrifying. Could we really carve out a new lifestyle, a new educational reality, a new normal [...]

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It’s been a week exactly since the tectonic plates beneath Lyttleton Harbor brought Christchurch, New Zealand toppling down.  The city’s famed cathedral spire lay crumbled in the town center, twenty two visitors feared crushed beneath it. The stories keep coming.  The 14 year old boy, on a local bus headed into town to plot how [...]

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As we get ready to head off on our next adventure, Dundee reminded me why we do what we do.  This video montage was his Christmas gift to me, a thoughtful overview of our adventures through Asia.  It’s about so much more than riding elephants, seeing temples, eating new foods.  It’s a personal journey . [...]

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