Maybe it’s okay to dance when the world is burning, it’s a question I’ve struggled with most if not all of my life. Because if you don’t dance, you’re just consumed by the fire, crumbling to ash.I don’t have it all figured out yet, but maybe some of the answers are here on this boat, this vessel where we all grin and jump and sing and sweat together. … More Everything is Great on the Bosphorus Strait
I often wonder if I’m crazy to travel as I do. Especially when my grey matter is chewing on those pervasive, leathery doubts. But I know in my soul this planet is an ocean of love, fresh and salty and beautifully brackish. … More Falling into the Arms of the World
Mary Ellen dove, and she sailed, and she built, and she healed, and she flew. She was contrails and sand dunes and sea salt and star dust. Here’s her story. … More The Life Extraordinary
No matter what we’re grieving, moving toward something feels so much better than just moving on, whether it’s something we do physically, emotionally, spiritually, or some combination of all three. Maybe that’s why a pilgrimage can be so effective. … More It is Solved by Walking
We’re coming up on three years. Three years since so much of our world put on the brakes. It’s been a really rough stretch, hasn’t it? While this era has granted us clarity on important social issues, it’s also shown us the unthinkable dangers of the unvetted, unedited, unreliable data storm that is the internet. … More Rebirth
I’m standing in my brother-in-law’s garage in my underwear. It’s a frosty, late-December-in-Northern-Minnesota 20 degrees in there. In the dim light I can see my breath as I struggle to open a clear plastic bag. From the other side of a door, I can hear the merry, loud conversation and laughter of my wife’s family. They have warmth, food and drinks. Children are running around in holiday frenzy. As for me, I have this plastic bag and its daunting contents. … More I Was Santa: A Heartwarming Holiday Story
In this moment, as we are stripped of the simple pleasures of life like food and travel, Somebody Feed Phil is chicken soup for the traveler’s soul. Season four launches today on Netflix. … More Somebody Feed Phil is just what we need for this Moment
Murky skies hindered visibility over Myanmar and Thailand on a visit early this year. It’s an apropos metaphor for the challenges we face now. … More Into the Murk
Introducing Jackie Alpers: cookbook author and award-winning photographer, who talks about her latest cookbook: Taste of Tucson: Sonoran-Style Recipes Inspired by the Rich Culture of Southern Arizona.” Also, check out an excerpt of her book, including a recipe for chicken mole amarillo. … More Featured RBG: Jackie Alpers, author of Taste of Tucson: Sonoran-Style Recipes Inspired by the Rich Culture of Southern Arizona
There is profound beauty in being broken. The things that break us form who we will be on the other side. The difference in how we absorb these lessons and transmute our experience forms our reality when we’ve put ourselves back together again. … More The Beautiful Decay
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