Musings about midlife, parenting, travel, and the tension of holding it all together.
The Itinerary in My Spreadsheet: Blissful Belize
The trip was booked for 2025. Life had other plans. But the research is done, the itinerary is solid, and it’s still a trip I’d take if I could. For now the itinerary is sitting in my spreadsheet. I thought about dusting it off for summer 2026, we could make it work. But for now…
Chicken-based Philosophy
I’ve been thinking about a saying a former colleague would say to me: “Kiera, you can’t make chicken soup out of chicken shit.” It’s the pessimists approach to lemons, I suppose. And it makes sense. You can, however, make manure which might be less appealing than soup or lemonade, but is also just as useful.…
Learning to Love Home while Craving Elsewhere: Island Dreams of St. Lucia
We’re heading to St. Lucia in March. It’s geared as a couple’s romantic getaway and the honeymoon crowd is well-catered to, but we’ll be taking our seven-year-old. Challenge accepted.
Between Who I Was and Who I’m Becoming
A year ago, the international development sector collapsed. There were casualties, lives lost, and many more quietly upended. On the scale of human tragedy, my damage was minor.
Between Home and Away 