Category Archives: Travel

ENCHANTMENT: Jökulsárlón Glacial Lagoon

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

A balcony ripe with the smell of Eucalyptus overlooking those rolling, rose-colored hills in Ojai, California. The remote stretch of beach in Prince’s Town, Ghana where the dense jungle meets the surf of the Atlantic. There are a handful of … Continue reading →

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ALL-INCLUSIVE

Posted on February 24, 2013 by

When I was a little girl we took a lot of family vacations. My parents were both teachers and they love to travel, so we took full advantage of our summers. Mostly, a family vacation meant piling in the car … Continue reading →

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Westman Islands / Vestmannaeyjar

Posted on August 1, 2012 by

  Today we played hookey – taking a mid-week escape from our computers, our work, kids’ summer camp, and everything else – to follow the sun to the Westman Islands off the southern shore of Iceland. Under nearly cloudless skies … Continue reading →

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A SUMMER SUNDAY: PICNICS & WATERFALLS

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

Sunday morn we woke early to meet our friends at Litla Kaffistofan (the little coffee house) on the road out of town. After a few cups of coffee, we headed over the pass, and it started to rain something fierce. … Continue reading →

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ODE TO THE WHALE

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

When I was a girl, I slept with the whales—above my pillow hung an oversize photographic poster of a pod of orcas and across the room swung a large paper mobile of seven whales: grey, blue, minke and so on. … Continue reading →

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ICEBERGS! REINDEER & GLACIERS! OH MY! Adventures in South East Iceland

Posted on April 22, 2012 by

Tonight the sun sets at 9:24pm. Tomorrow we get seven more minutes of daylight. After our ridiculously long dark winter, a shift to stretched out bright days means that everything has changed. Not only have the low grey clouds lifted … Continue reading →

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COFFEE & MY HAPPY LIGHT

Posted on January 20, 2012 by

Lots of coffee and time with the happy light needed today–it’s back to howling wind and blizzard-like conditions after yesterday’s beautiful sun.

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TROLLS, BONFIRES & PUTREFIED SKATE—Surviving the Holidays in Iceland

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

I spent December talking about trolls: the one with the big nose that sniffs doorways, the peeping tom troll, the one with an unusually long tongue that licks empty bowls, or the sly one that steals Skyr (yogurt). Staying in … Continue reading →

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AUTUMN IN ICELAND

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

Snow dusts the top of the great mountain and the wind howls something fierce. Air whistles and screams through the chimney as the gusts blow sheets of rain. Waves of water move sideways in the grey world outside. Grateful to … Continue reading →

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BLUEBERRIES IN A LAVA FIELD: Early Impressions of Iceland

Posted on September 12, 2011 by

First I notice the earth—black boulders and small rough pebbles, volcanoes, a conical mountain, and the enormous expanse of tall, brown barren land that lays slumbering across the bay. In Iceland, the land rises and falls sharply, exposing tectonic plates, … Continue reading →

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