Intermittently in life I’ve found myself interrupted by a crush – you know those silly emotions usually attached to a tweenager running amok on the fumes of angst and raging hormones. One happened recently and unexpectedly that on one hand humored me for all its schoolgirl silliness, and on the other, made me feel a …
For an entire year now I’ve been living this series and writing it in my head. I’ve put off actually drafting anything because I keep waiting for it to tie up in a nice, perfectly wrapped parcel. Because of its nature, I’m finally admitting that won’t ever happen. In short, the very …
How does one know when they’ve experienced an adventure? Money spent, distance traveled, a feeling of well-being, elation or exhaustion? Maybe some of all these things. Maybe none of them. When I’ve had an adventure, initially I’m filled with endorphins and euphoria. I probably smile a lot, and talk about it nonstop. But long …
Those words and images that landed in my travel journal this year need a space to live. What is it…?
I’ve struggled to find clarity in penning these Adventuring posts, and all along I kept reminding myself that something would trigger the words to unfold on the page. I had to be patient. I had to remember to embrace the journey where introspective learning happens. I had to relish the anticipation of the writing …
The back-to-back California trips in late 2014 stirred something in me in a giant redwood kind of way. The places, the people, the air, space, and great wide Pacific, the creatures, the light – all of it imprinted on me and wrapped itself around my center, around my soul. It impacted me from a thousand …
I’ve spent a lot of time this year pondering wanderlust and adventuring. I had a rapturous taste of these things in 2014 and managed to keep that spirit alive in 2015. But it’s far from satiated. The hunger is only getting louder and more demanding. The things I want to see and do are …
The first weekend in June 2015 was the annual trek to one of my favorite cities in the world. This year I went with a very good friend of mine who actually was the first person I visited NYC with in late 1999. There is much to share about this adventure with nearly 18,000 concrete …
I feel like I’ve done a lot more talking about surf lately than other topics that fill my life. But today an interesting Adweek article landed in my Inbox about the power of social media and how it’s propelled today’s Millennial models in a way we haven’t seen since the days of Linda, Christy, Cindy …
By definition, bucket list items are things we dream of seeing, doing, winning, achieving. Some bucket list items also come with the thrill of the chase. For me, both are the formula for most things at the top of my own list, and they usually entail the words surf or wave. And by surf and …