Life is a lot, and (God love ‘em) kids add an extra level of crazy. You never stop, and every ding from your phone induces another level of anxiety - whether it’s a negative notification from the news, or a text from the groomer that you forgot to pick up the dog… again. 

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He thought my “weather problem” meant a helicopter tour. I told him to put his shoes on anyway, and off we went into a rainy Florence evening—no clue a bright red Ferrari was waiting across the Arno River. Michael joins me at the table to relive our Florence, Italy stop—part of our Italy trip. We […]

Travel | Florence, Italy: The Wild Tuscan Drive That Kicked Off Our Next 20 Years

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Rome in the rain is still Rome—but it will test your plan fast. We land on a tight timeline and decide to do the thing anyway: squeeze a lifetime of wonder into about 24 hours, fueled by jet lag, stubborn optimism, and a lot of espresso. In this episode, I walk through how this Italy […]

Travel | Rome, Italy: 24 Rainy Hours That Started It All

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A wobbly start to the year brings us back to the table—a finished attic buildout, an eighteenth birthday, an ice storm that turned our home back into Fort Smith, and knee surgery that reset expectations.  We’re also previewing the Italy series and what you can expect from a new story-first Italy series featuring Rome, Florence, […]

Life | Anyone else late to the New Year?

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What if the best part of your trip all started with a mindless mistake? We booked a few quiet days while the boys were at camp and ended up on a cliff in Tennessee—inside a geodesic dome at Bolt Farm Treehouse with views that made time actually slow down. The funny part? I’d accidentally booked […]

Travel | A Mountaintop Escape

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This week started with me getting ambushed by yellow jackets (and yes, I went full Olympic dive into the pool… phone in pocket). It ended with the kind of “turning 45” rite of passage that comes with too much Gatorade and not enough solid food. But in the middle? A summer storm rolled through, a […]

Friends | When Life Swarms

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When you hear “ADHD,” do you picture a little boy who can’t sit still in class—or maybe an adult who keeps forgetting their keys? That’s the story we’ve been told, but it’s not the whole truth. This week I’m visiting with documentarian and journalist Danielle Elliott, who created the podcast series Climbing the Walls. She’s digging into […]

At the Table | Danielle Elliot (Climbing the Walls)

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— Tina Fey

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I was a little excited, but mostly blorft. ‘Blorft’ is an adjective I just made up that means ‘completely overwhelmed but proceeding as if everything is fine and reacting to the stress with the torpor of a possum’. I have been blorft every day for the past seven years.