One of my first interviews out of college was on the floor of the American Stock Exchange in New York City.  After spending a frenzied hour in the QQQ (or...

Summer in Alaska? A house sitter opportunity titled ‘Summer in Alaska?‘ caught my eye.  Is that a rhetorical question?  I applied and was accepted, securing a trip to Alaska after...

The nighttime howl of a hound dog kept me awake last night.  It pulled at my heart strings and sent my own dogs (Chewie and Rula, my house sitting mates...

A few weeks ago at the Nelson airport, something strange happened… and by strange, I mean amazing.  When checking in for my flight, I wasn’t asked for a ticket or...

I was nervous about my trip to Christchurch, New Zealand.  The more people I talked to, the more I regretted having booked a 10-day house sit there.  “There’s not much...

It had just rained torrentially for 5 days straight in Cairns, Australia.  Even for a rainforest’s standards, the volume was record-breaking.  The Cairns Community Facebook Page was overloaded with locals...

New Zealand is known as the adventure capital of the world.  I remember my older brother talking about his trip here in the early 90’s and what stayed with me...