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Our Magical Shark-Filled Scuba Diving Experience in Australia
Glenn and I have been in Australia now for almost 2 and a half months. This is one of the longest stretches we have stayed in another country and we will be here until October! I thought we would stay put for a month or so in a couple of places. Yet we have been...
Exploring Australia’s Uniquely Bizarre Wildlife
Australia is so abundant in wildlife that’s vastly different from North America. From most of the world actually! When we arrived in Sydney the first thing I noticed were these huge white Ibis. They are everywhere! They remind me of our pigeons, as they are all over...
Adventures in the Philippines: Mother’s Day Community Magic
Our 6 weeks in the Philippines was both too short and long enough. We did have time to experience many incredible things, and see a few islands. We were able to have an authentic experience on a small island without tourist amenities and crowds. Working here is now...
Facing Fears Deep-Sea Diving in the Philippines
We recently spent 7 nights/8 days on a liveaboard dive boat in the Palawan Islands, Philippines. Part of our goal in traveling the world is to visit all the extraordinary oceanic places we have heard and read about while we physically still can. Last April, we were on...
Returning to Hawaii
We really love Hawaii. Since 2014 when I came here to do a convention called Hawaiicon, I try to visit every year or so. It turns out Glenn, my husband since 2022, has also been a fan of the Big Island, and a frequent visitor. Sometimes the parallels in our lives previous to each other blow me away.
Traveling with My “Person”
Would I be traveling like this if I didn’t have a partner? I cannot believe how lucky I am to have this life partner in my husband. Glenn and I met in 1975. I was 17 and he was 18, and we had both started at the drama department at Carnegie-Mellon University. Over...
Prepping for an Extended Trip
Now on the other side of my hip replacement (Jan 2nd), Glenn and I can finally start to plan on leaving the country again. My husband and I sold the house in April 2022, got rid of SOOO much stuff, and put the rest into storage. We knew we wanted to travel as much as...
Travel Journaling for Every Hobbit
The best trips continue long after we’ve returned home: in memory, in the stories we tell, and in the ways we reorient our lives. But how do you catch in words the light above the Pacific, an evening with new friends at a fantastic pub, or the way the Hawaiian morning sun feels on your skin? How do we turn sights into lasting insights and use the landscape around us to unlock the treasures within? By keeping a travel journal, we can deepen our experiences and increase present-moment awareness. Journaling and collaging can help us become our truest selves.
Our Quest Travel Adventures – Petra Part 2
You know a trip was good if you feel even better about it later. We loved Petra, but I was also recovering a bit from Egypt. We had just gotten off a week on a live aboard dive boat on the Red Sea. THAT was amazing, and I am danged proud of us being the elders on the...
Quest Retreats: My Retreat Decision Process
People ask me all the time "How do you decide your next Quest?" It’s actually really easy: I have to have a certain feeling in my body. My mind has very little to do with it. I can always figure things out. Might take me some time, Africa took 6 years from the first...
