10 years, 100 Airbnbs: the good, the bad and the ugly

I remember my first trip abroad in the summer of 1984, between my junior and senior year of college. I … More

Change of plans, or here we go again!

We change our minds. A lot. I don’t know if you’ve noticed. But what are plans other than a reasonably … More

I’ve recently had a couple of conversations with friends of friends who were directed to this blog because they’re gearing … More

Here we are, back in the land of the “free”. How surreal it seems. We’ve been in the US for … More

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I’ve been thinking about the state of the Covid narrative. Not the broader social and economic story, that will be … More

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I once had an experience that I would call the thrill of the familiar. When we first moved to Paris, … More

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This is another rescued snippet from the old Tumblr I’m clearing out. May 2017 We’ve gotten lazy, 7+ months into … More

Enamored of our driver’s licenses and motivated by a sense of the clock ticking down on our time here in … More

In the absence of going places, I’m thinking about things again. The Atlantic had an article where a self-proclaimed clutter … More

Way back when, I had a Tumblr, mostly for pictures of our 9 month are-we-really-going-to-do-this trip. I’d been meaning to … More

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