Where Reinvention Learns to Breathe: Samos October 2025

Some places don’t just invite you in. They reveal themselves in layers, the way an old story reveals its meaning only when you’re ready to understand it. Samos, Greece, an island off the beaten tourist path, far flung at the very eastern side of the Aegean, is one of those places. Most of us think […]

Salt, Stillness, and Surrender: Baja September 2025

There’s something about it that feels like a whisper and a roar all at once. The land stretches out in quiet defiance. The desert meeting ocean, stillness meeting movement, simplicity meeting depth that burns through your pretense, and the ocean tests whatever balance you think you’ve mastered. It’s as if the place itself lives in […]

The Wilderness Within: Africa August 2025

There are journeys you take to see the world. And then there are journeys the world takes in you. My trip to Africa this past August was the latter. When I boarded the plane, I had a sense that this would be meaningful. I’d seen the pictures, heard the stories, and imagined the sweeping landscapes. […]