When I was planning my trip around Sri Lanka, I knew there were many places I wanted to see, and that I would be traveling solo. While Sri Lanka was...
Roanoke, Virginia, is my hometown in some ways. We moved to the area when I was in high school (which was a fairly crazy phase in my life). I have...
I had fallen into the role of a tour guide by accident, and everyone looked at me, asking, “Are you sure the Dambulla Cave Temple is worth the visit and...
This post was originally published in a mothering magazine and is reprinted here with permission. I jogged along in the newly minted fall morning. I had Spotify on, tuned to...
This was the adventure I was most looking forward to – and, if I can be honest, most people are envious of. I went to a remote island in Asia,...
We invest so much in our trips and travels – we plan, anticipate, and spend a lot of money on them. And yet, they seem to go by in the...
I am not sure what I was expecting, but after spending one day in Galle, Sri Lanka, I realized the place was very different from what I anticipated. There are...
It is hard to know how to feel about Ella, Sri Lanka. I was only able to spend one full day in Ella, so I am hardly an expert. But...
I don’t offer a lot of personal reflection posts anymore (that’s not what the Internet seems to want), but as 2025 has now ended and 2026 begins, I wanted to...
It’s my favorite time of year: my annual book round-up post! What were the best books I read in 2025? What books would I recommend to you?As I compiled this...