Make Time: How Digital Communication is Turning Us Into Shitty Friends.
One of the things I find really interesting in the time-spending of some of the great minds in history is that many of them set aside time for “correspondences.” They […]
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Homesickness: The Chronic Illness of an Expat
I just booked our summer vacation–a week in Scotland followed by a long weekend in Germany. I am Excited. We’ve been to Scotland before. And we loved it. My father’s […]
The Adult Gap Year: Sabbatical
A while back, I discussed the virtues of a gap year — a common practice in Europe in which students take a year off between high school and university to travel. […]
Long Walks
My 18 month old daughter, Linden, started walking in mid-January. While the muck and ice of winter kept her bundled in the stroller for all outdoor adventures, she sharpened her […]
Once You’re a Parent, You’re Definitely an Adult
During my late 20s, I started to feel like I was straddling a divide between young adulthood and full adulthood. At 28, I didn’t feel I qualified as an adult, though the […]
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