Wander

A Summer Menu that will make you Clap for the Cooks

Omelettes, eggplant, and life lessons in Southern France (another Doll Collection Dinner)

Aug 30 •

Let me take you on a trip

A pilgrimage to be shared, a holy dose of food poisoning, and finding belonging in the exotic.

Aug 8 •

Postcards from Alaska

Anchorage during the summer solstice, Ernestine Saankaláxt Hayes's Alaska Native Memoir, and photos from big, bright, beautiful & complex lands.

Jul 14 •

The scent of Seville

Travel writing vs. nature writing & following a fragrance from Italy to Spain to Morocco. Remembering is an associative scavenger hunt.

Jun 11 •

If you could live anywhere, where would it be?

Would you be happier, and how would you show your gratitude?

May 19 •

Baskets are used in every culture. Every basket, everywhere, is still made by hand. So I figured I wanted to at least make one basket in my life. Here's…

May 6 •

When life gives you a bouquet of time

The secrets of time travel, stretching the length of a minute, and the mystery of memory.

Apr 24 •

The Universal Sound of Awe

The Solar Eclipse, the Amazon driver, and the feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends your current understanding of the…

Apr 13 •

The things that happened at Mardi Gras

Emergency Room, Poison Control, and surrendering. A celebration of the ridiculous joy of living with loads of photos!

Feb 16 •

A Family that Travels: Bay Area Wandering

Postcards from a park built on rubble, a restaurant built after the '89 rumble, and a building with memorable style.

Jan 29 •

"Happy joyous domineering women"

Thoughts on motherhood, guilt, art, and Niki de Saint Phalle. And those huge Nanas at the Hanover flea market.

Jan 13 •

Postcards from Milwaukee, WI

The pleasure of travel is the mindset. Pay attention and there are substantially interesting things going on everywhere.

Jan 4 •

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