A Book I Can’t Stop Thinking About

A Book I Can’t Stop Thinking About

A week ago, I flew from New Zealand to Australia.  As I wandered around Wellington’s gates, I discovered a book called When Breath Becomes Air. Three hours later and a solid landing, Paul Kalanithi’s raw, gentle truth of a memoir made a home in my heart....
A Short Visit

A Short Visit

There is a bench inside of a rose garden within a park beside the Pacific Ocean. I sit on this bench, often, to read or write or think or meditate or look up at the sky. Beneath the bench is a plaque. On the plaque is an inscription about a man named Dennis. Dennis...
Faena Hotel (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Faena Hotel (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

I highly recommend waking up in Buenos Aires on your birthday with your long distance beau. That’s exactly what I did this February. Southern Hemisphere sunshine and sexy night skies flooded our hours, amidst aimless city walks and tango dancing. Buenos Aires...
9 Facts A Girl With Brothers Knows

9 Facts A Girl With Brothers Knows

As the only sister among three brothers, I have learned a lot. As I procrastinate writing a book and packing for a Central American jungle vacation, here are nine known facts of girls who grew up with a boatload of brothers. 1. Brutally honest feedback is offered like...
Love Is All Around

Love Is All Around

I feel it in my fingers I feel it in my toes The love that’s all around me And so the feeling grows It’s written on the wind It’s everywhere I go (Photo Credit: Jenny Graham / Lyrics: Reg Presley)