Outdoor adventures in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, with some occasional reflective storytelling.
In another version of my life, I am the host of a podcast, seeking out and sharing important, human stories with the world and interviewing change makers and intellectuals. I am an investigative journalist, uncovering corruption and exposing injustices. In another version of my life, I am in the foreign service, speak 5 languages, and…
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(*Scroll to bottom to just see the video*) It happened: my parents boarded a plane on Christmas morning and flew to Quito, Ecuador. For my dad, this was his first trip abroad. For my mom, her first to South America. I’d been waiting for this day for oh, 2+ years. When I first moved abroad…
Read MoreThey say that the love a parent has for a child is unparalleled, one-of-a-kind, can’t understand it til you experience it first-hand kind of love. When I was a little girl, my mom and I would often have “I love you” wars, a battle of wills over who would stop saying “I love you” first.…
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