Where we’re at: I’m jumping ahead to share my time in Upstate New York in October and November. I’ll jump back into chronological time next! PS: Did you see we’re holding a retreat in Upstate New York in the fall of 2021? Sign up here — it’s 50% sold out already! In 2020, I felt home…

Where we’re at: I’ve wrapped up blogging the fourth quarter of 2019, of which this is a huge roundup. What a weird time to look back on. These first three months after losing my mom were, largely, a fog. I guess much of the year was. As the world transitioned from fall into winter, I started…

Where we’re at: I’m recapping my travels in 2019, including this time in New York in November and December. After my journeys to Israel, Mexico, Florida and Illinois, I arrived back in New York State in mid-November — just in time for full holiday fervor to be setting in.  To be honest, I felt extremely ambivalent…

Where we’re at: I’m recapping my journey in 2019, including this time in my home state in October. I think anyone who has ever lost someone very close to them can relate to the idea that in the days and weeks that follow, life really is kind of just a blur. And so the first few…

Where we’re at: I’ve wrapped up blogging the third quarter of 2019, of which this is a huge roundup. Summer is always one of the busiest times of the year for someone in the travel industry, and I suppose even in the most disrupted year of my life, that was one constant. Though with my precarious…

Where we’re at: I’m recapping my summer of 2019, including this tour in Albany in July. I realize for some this is a difficult time to read about travel. I am writing often about our current global crisis — the impact it’s having on me personally, on the world of travel, and on the world at…