Slow Mornings: Designing a Calm Start to the Day
Most mornings are treated like launch sequences—alarms, notifications, rushed decisions, and immediate input. The day begins at full speed before awa ...
4 Swaps for a Zero Waste Bathroom (or Sailboat Head)
While learning how to reduce our waste footprint has been super inspiring, sometimes, yes, it can feel daunting too. Take, for instance, one of ou ...
What's that one thing you're dying to learn?
During a recent car trip, I asked my 79-year old father (or as my sis and I call him—”Appa”) this question: “What is one thing you’d like to lea ...
Heading Towards Zero Waste from Our Boat
In the past, Michael and I would’ve described ourselves as pretty environmentally-savvy. I mean, we dutifully recycle, we’ve maintained a worm c ...
Smartphone Addiction: Reclaiming Our Health and Attention
On a particular evening back in 2010, Michael watched as a young man drove his car and veered past the lane marker, his face lit up by the glowing sc ...
Zero-Waste Groceries For Sailboat Life
Our journey to reduce our plastic usage and waste footprint continue to involve some highs and unexpected challenges too! For starters, we’ve than ...
How To Be A Caregiver And Make Space For Your Dreams
My favorite photograph of Omma (my mother) reveals a petite woman in her thirties sporting a cute bob haircut, sitting in a rowboat. From what I ...
Thoughtful Gift Ideas For Caregivers In Your Life
Since my mother’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia a few years ago, I’ve had the opportunity to meet caregivers and their allies. Eac ...
How You Can Help Disaster Victims Right Now
As Hurricane Florence barreled toward the eastern coast of the U.S. in the summer of 2018, over 1 million people evacuated their homes, fleeing ...
Why You Should Go To The Azores Today
When he was a kid, my husband, Michael, discovered a National Geographic issue about the distant islands called the Azores and thought, I want t ...