Hospitality

Summer - please don't be so busy

June 22, 2017

Uncertainty, deadlines, plain old hard work, and financial stress exist no matter what path I take. So why not have a memorable experience while going through these realities.

Come stay in Montreal (and can we stay at your house this summer?)

June 6, 2017

We have an apartment in Montreal we want to share. And would you like to host us on our travels this summer?

Growth (in community) & Tools

January 3, 2017

Where I want to grow this year and one of the tools I use to make the connection between the struggles and triumphs, responsibilities, tasks, and to-do's that facilitate that growth.

Five summers ago was a very significant summer. We had just uprooted our lives in the United States and living a good story became another way to phrase the kind of life I wanted. Of course, I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

Story weekend ("meeting" Anne Lamott)

May 19, 2016

I could have stood in the book line, empty-handed and full-hearted, to say, like so many adoring readers, "I love your writing", when what I really wanted to say is "I love you". But that felt foolish, which maybe I am.

Within the realm of possibility

May 13, 2016

We live in a fallen world, not a fairy tale. The potential for great evil resides in every one of us. I am increasingly aware of this the older I get. Every chance we take carries a risk, the possibility of loss.