When I was a kid my favorite thing in the world was my subscription to Highlights for Children magazine. I would spend hours pretending I could read, looking at pictures of bugs and space, and completing maze puzzles. These mazes were an adventure, and I would get lost in them over and over again, trying …
Thirty. The big 30. The year that everyone always says you should have achieved certain things by. A supposed marker for real adulthood, where all of a sudden if you haven’t achieved these societal expectations you must be…dun dun dun…behind. With thirty right around the corner I have been thinking a lot about the goals …
Humans have been building monuments since at least the Ice age with the creation of the Lion Man of Hohlenstein Stadel. Landmarks like the Leshan Giant Buddha in China, the Moai statues on Easter Island, the Great Sphinx in Egypt, and the long destroyed Colossus of Rhodes statue in Greece were erected for a multitude …
On November 8, 2018 columns of smoke veiled the sun as the Camp Fire consumed the town of Paradise, California. It destroyed the town, taking 11,000 homes, 85 lives, and resulted in the loss of the Gold Nugget Museum, which housed mining, military, and Indigenous items of cultural and historic significance which were the pride …
Rome. The Eternal City. Italy’s most popular tourist destination and a city that is over 2,500 years in the making. Whether you’ve already seen all of the “Top 10 Things to See in Rome” and you’re looking for more places to find art, or whether you’re just a traveler who likes to see a city …
We arrived in Valparaiso, Chile as the sun was rising over the Sapphire blue bay. The crisp coastline air was freeing in contrast to the unwavering humidity of previous weeks, and the salty smell of the sea was a promise of renewed vitality. This was what I had been waiting for. Tensions in the group …