You Only Live Once, eh?

As it got closer and closer to being time to leave, I began to really think about my entire experience on the villa in the south of France...where did a month go?? Of course Nick and I had our quarrels, which I think inevitably develops between any two stubborn, hard-headed people who spend almost... Sign in to see full entry.

The demolition process is as fascinating as the construction process. What clearly took months, if not years, to build is being torn down little by little in a matter of days. Along with the fascination of watching this deconstruction, I was able to watch actual physics in clear actuality. When I... Sign in to see full entry.

Despite my ridiculous love of being near, in, around and many other prepositions regarding my location to water, my favorite element has always been wind. It always fascinated me because you could never SEE it. The only way you knew it was there was by seeing the effect it had on its surroundings.... Sign in to see full entry.

to the number of unique experiences one can have in a single day? In the south of France on any given Sunday, one can find a "marche aux puces," which is nothing short of a smorgasbord of yard sales; in an otherwise empty parking lot, ordinary people come together as early as 4 in the morning and... Sign in to see full entry.

The transition from living in the endless abyss of freeways in Los Angeles working 3 or 4 jobs to living on a remote villa in the south of France with no official employment was certainly an intriguing one. Time was not controlled by a certain number of hours in the day during which we could work;... Sign in to see full entry.

Today I was at volleyball practice with about 20 kids, ranging in age from 7 to 12, and it was obvious that every single one of them was enjoying him and herself. It was towards the end, so we put the balls away and were just focusing on doing movement with them...jumping forwards, jumping... Sign in to see full entry.

Now, they say God works in mysterious ways....while that is undoubtedly true, it is not the case in this story. In this story, God´s works are darn obvious. It appears that the economic crisis our world is in has even affected the likes of foreign sports teams, so, contrary to what I was so sure... Sign in to see full entry.