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 spending some...

Little did I know that the bee that landed on my leg a few weeks ago had a message for me. I wondered, at the time, what it was, but brushed it off – the idea of a message, not the bee! I had been chewing on my life’s purpose question for a bit at that point. Now, a few weeks later, it’s become clear to me what that message was: be drawn to the nectar. It was a reminder to allow my motivation to come from inspiration, not avoidance in reacting to what I don’t like. Last year, as I...

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 contingency...