Category Archives: Around the World

There is an inevitable low after a high like a universal trade-off – with the great comes the ordinary. We are just coming off the very best time in Canada where we were able to connect with friends, family and … Continue reading →

My girls are 12 and almost 11 years old and as a stay at home mom for the last 10 months, I am acutely aware of just how much I can stuff them up by the way I parent. Funny … Continue reading →

There is no shortage of draw dropping treks in this country. Not to be confused with hiking, trekking usually involves unchartered paths and requires days to complete. They tend to be where no other means of transportation are available – … Continue reading →

In a lot of ways, New Zealand is the Canada of the Southern Hemisphere. NZ sits in the shadow of its beefy, older brother, Australia as we do the US. People are friendly and humble – although not nearly as … Continue reading →

When we moved into our pied-a-terre – I call it that because home feels like a betrayal – we were all so enamored with having our lovely things that we literally parked our asses among our lovely things. Weekends were … Continue reading →

I am just pulling out of a grey hibernation. Almost three weeks ago, the 14 year old daughter of a friend from home committed suicide. Her demons caught her. I didn’t know Maddie. She was the daughter of a friend, … Continue reading →

I get the quirks of living in a new place. In fact, I may even argue that that is just an expected part of living in said new place. Would even venture as far as insisting that the entire point … Continue reading →

We have just been to see the Wonderful Wizard of Oz and he lives in Melbourne. I have been to Australia a few times but as a family, we toured the east coast a couple of years ago – from … Continue reading →

I have been MIA for the last two months for the very best reason. Chronologically, we moved out of our rental and into an apartment. We welcomed Jake, Dave’s youngest son, 6 days later. After touring the central North Island … Continue reading →