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.
Wednesday Missives
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.
Wet Week on the Riviera Maya
Cenotes, mangroves, and using your life jacket like a diaper. A family adventure to Tulum, Mexico goes wonderfully right.
Digging deeper in Italy
This. Is. Matera. James Bond and the G7 sure know all about it, but this place was news to me. I’m still picking my jaw up from the floor.
Crossing the boot
Bopping around Basilicata region with two of my nearest and dearest, drinking wine and looking for doves. Can’t get better than that, can you?