Want to automagically receive future blog posts? Sign up for my newsletter here. This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. I’ve been in Scotland since the end of May. It’s been quite an eventful journey! I’m not quite ready to share the details of the major rite of passage I’ve undergone here, and I’ve been quiet, unsure of what to say in lieu. However, it’s past time to give an update,

Want to automagically receive future blog posts? Sign up for my newsletter here. Yeah, that might sound harsh, but I was so over Malta by the time I left! You'll see why below. And as promised, here is a post reviewing my overall impressions of Malta and my time in Sicily. Malta Pros: Beautiful in the spring English-speaking Awesome coastline/caves The flowers were off the hook Malta Cons: Too many people and too much traffic No wild places; hard to find solitude in nat

Want to automagically receive future blog posts? Sign up for my newsletter here. My Malta chapter has come to a close. In fact, I am writing to you from my trans-Atlantic flight back Stateside to visit for my nephew's graduation. It's been such a whirlwind since I left Malta and spent 2 weeks in Sicily that I am a bit behind in keeping my friends here updated! With only two weeks in Sicily, I was on the go trying to squeeze in every last bit of adventure time. Not to mention

Little did I know that the bee that landed on my leg a few weeks ago had a message for me. Now, I know he was telling me, "Don't allow your life's path to be determined by your fears and what you're running away from. Instead, allow your path to be determined by the scent of what entices you to move forward, towards what you want." Or in other words: don't let your life be lived as a reaction. Make it intentional. Make it devotional. It's what our souls are longing for. But a

Happily enjoying the sunset at the completion of my goal aka slackrafting. Want to automagically receive future blog posts? Sign up for my newsletter here . Yesterday, as I write this, I accomplished my primary adventure goal in Malta – I completed my 30-mile packraft circumnavigation of the island of Gozo. In describing one of the legs of the journey to a friend recently, she reflected that she admires my ability to do that sort of thing; the planning, the route finding, the

Want to automagically receive future blog posts? Sign up for my newsletter here . Greetings from Malta, where I will be living for the next two months. Many of you are newly subscribed to my blog because of this recent adventure I’ve launched on. Some of you are long time subscribers to my heretofore neglected blog/newsletter. And while I will not promise a cadence in which I’ll write (hint: it'll be whenever the urge strikes me), you’ll be hearing from me more often. Why a

As this typical Montana spring storm rages outside my window, pelting the ground with pellets of ice that have now turned to snow, the...