“So why are you here,” my driver asked. I looked ahead, trying to come up with a good answer.  Doing an arm sweep at ‘all the beauty’ in front of us...

A few days ago, I got word that a fellow traveler, Stephanie Simpson from the UK, had gone missing.  Her body was found on Valentine’s Day (after a five-day search) by...

It’s the first of October and I’m in one of the most beautiful cities in all of Europe.  I walked nearly twenty miles today through 2,000 years of history: through...

What happened with my old Remote Year crew during a 4-day reunion at a castle in rural France....

House sitting in the off-season in SW Portugal proved to be anything but boring....

Ever since I left Lisbon three years ago, I’ve wanted to go back.  Time passes and new ideas crop up; other destinations take a front seat.  I sometimes dream about...

Next week, I’ll be looking back at my life.  I’m attending a reunion with forty people from my Remote Year family, most of whom I haven’t seen in two years. ...

18 Years Ago My first Labor Day, after officially being in the workforce post-college, was just another event in a Manhattan lifestyle that would span almost 16 years.  It was...

There’s a dress code in Taos, New Mexico: it’s called wiping your boots on the back of your jeans if entering a fancy restaurant.  I arrived here two days ago,...

It’s been months since I’ve published anything I’m proud of.  Not that I haven’t tried- I have.  But sometimes it’s easier and safer to write about places and weather instead...