by toby | Jun 14, 2022 | The Writing Life, Traveling
As I post this, a YEAR has gone by since I began a newsletter writing and traveling journey on SUBSTACK; and though I considered ending it as we turned the corner into June and began our return and the end of an exciting year of travel and change, I’ve decided to...
by toby | Sep 20, 2016 | Conservation, Life
Sighting a wild wolf in Canada is a haunting thing. Seated in our brightly colored plastic Adirondack chairs on the deck, watching the river at low tide and sipping our morning beverages, a howl from the other side of the river lifted the hair on the backs of our...
by toby | Sep 14, 2016 | Life, Traveling
Picking huckleberries in Canada is one of life's profound joys. But I get ahead of myself. Mike has been restless and prowling like a caged tiger since we arrived, dying to go fishing and exploring even as I dig deeper into the quiet: into resting, reading, writing,...
by toby | Sep 13, 2016 | Life, Traveling
We are traveling to Prince Rupert, Canada, to house swap with a family there, and thinking to be as direct as possible, we took a red eye on Air Canada from Maui to Vancouver. I was grateful for two things: 1) I didn’t faint. I’ve had a situation develop in the last...
by toby | Jul 14, 2015 | Life
We headed for Olympic National Park and cut our time short on Lopez Island for two reasons: 1) to distract me from getting too sad over saying goodbye to the kids, who needed to return to their lives in California as of Sunday afternoon, and 2) to get more time to see...