Posted On: April 9, 2021
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It’s easy to see why Portland’s population has been popping.
Life takes me to Portland next week, as my daughter resumes her search for a college, a chore much compromised by the complications of COVID-19.…
Posted On: March 19, 2021
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For cold, cooped-up Northerners, nothing soothes like sun, sand, & surf…
I recently joined my daughter, a gaggle of her friends, and their families for a jaunt to Mexico’s Mayan Riviera beaches—a spring break tradition…
Posted On: February 12, 2021
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My son captured this shot in a snap with a vintage film camera.
One month ago, BreakAway featured a film photo by my daughter—and pondered the recent popularity of film for ‘kids’ who have grown…
Posted On: September 25, 2020
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The ultimate 4-year BreakAway? College!
As a one-time college teacher/preacher (and student, many times), I have forever soapboxed about the sacred value of the college BreakAway. It’s the ultimate experience, after all, combining learning, relationship-building,…
Posted On: August 14, 2020
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Back in the good old says, most people revered travel as an adventure, a gift, a dream. Nowadays, depending on where you live, traveling a few blocks to get a haircut can seem exciting. And…
Posted On: October 18, 2019
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The summer daze disappears fast when school starts. Then fall hits hard with its books, sports, and chilly breezes. Good news: Most schools meet (at most) only about 180 days a year. And the first…
Posted On: June 21, 2019
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I’m not really in Denmark, though I really wish I were! But some years back, I dragged my kids through some of their Scandinavian root grounds (+ fun touristy kid areas), for several weeks around the Solstice. Here, a witch (not a real one) burns on a beach as part of a midsummer celebration called Sankt Hans Aften.
Posted On: February 22, 2019
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Advice to parents: Run away with your kids. Far away. Which, in this photo, meant ambling alone through Hamlet’s Kronborg castle in delightful Denmark. Sounds cool, right? But my son wasn’t buying it. And I…
Posted On: October 5, 2018
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We all see it often: The idiot driving in front of you is all over the map—breaking and swerving, so unnerving. When this happened to me yesterday, my car-model prognosis surmised this person might be…
Posted On: August 15, 2018
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The game is called Gaga. And it’s been going on much longer than Lady’s been lusting for limelight. It happens in an octagonal, sand-filled pit, has no real beginning or end, can accommodate as many…
