“The Best is Only Bought at the Cost of Great Pain”: Colleen McCullough’s The Thorn Birds
700 hundred pages of suffering and a very handsome priest.
Throwback: Colombia
One of my favorite trips ever was last Summer, when I traveled with some very special friends to the Colombian Caribbean. The trip was a perfect mix of unexpected beauty,…
What I Read: April
April is gone! We are almost halfway through 2019 already. Even though I am way behind in my reading challenge, I had the chance to read some memorable stories. Shirley…
A Walk in the Woods… of Mexico City?
Hiking one of the last “green lungs” of the Mexican metropolis.
The Wilderness Within: Kristin Hannah’s The Great Alone
Life has been so busy lately! Work has been a bit in the way of my reading, which means I’ve been only reading a bit before bed. Anyway, I managed…
Hidden Waterfalls in Vallarta
A stunning set of waterfalls hidden amongst luxury resorts.
Least Crowded (and Still Awesome) Beaches in Mexico
It is one of the many ironies of life that we have a harder time looking at what is right before us. If you ask me where the most beautiful…
An Age for Civil Disobedience
Why a man not paying his taxes in 1846 is still relevant.
Lives Without Principle: Thoreau and Our Complex Times
As you may know, recently I finally got down to reading Walden by Henry David Thoreau. Thoureau had fascinated me since I studied some of his essays in university, mostly…
