Marrying my Spaniard, after quite a long time together, means making permanent what had already felt timeless. I love this man!
Wednesday Missives
What a woman
Virginia Culver Snyder, 1941 to 2025. Reporter, friend, irascible aunty. We hope we can someday be as tough as you.
The prettiest place you’ve never heard of
A late summer respite in the Spanish Pyrenees, with biking and bagpipes. It was great to get to someplace cooler and more remote and then to feel like… home?
So familiar, and also entirely new
I felt at home in Edinburgh – one branch of my family tree in vivid color. Also whisky, walking, and history, dolloped with some Harry Potter flashbacks.
Wide open Skye
It takes time to arrive at the Isle of Skye, so it makes sense I needed a bit more time to write about the experience. What a trip!
Glasgow on my mind
A lovely trip to Glasgow, complete with Highland coo, networking nerves, gargoyles and wordplay.
What’s your name?
Inside my fevered mind, thinking about my career and my identity, while I figure out what’s next after the gutting of USAID.
Superbowl perspective
The Superbowl is over for another year. People are happy or sad about the outcome, based on their life-long affinity for one team or another, or sometimes based more on whim. If someone won last year, that team is sort of automatically served up as the Goliath that...
The surprise of a foot massage
The first days of the new administration have been even worse than we imagined. We’re in for a rough ride but we’re stronger!
Mexico City paradise
The Culventure continues in Mexico City. A fantastic place full of wonders, history, and more tacos.