For the past three months, we have lived a few minutes walk from the beach in a quiet village in Bali. I can’t quite describe how simple life is here, and how luxurious that feels. We awake with the early dawn light, and try to “sand-ify” our feet before the sun is high as it […]
Summer Camping: An Eco Travelogue
I grew up in Bombay, India, a far cry from the west coast of North America, where I live today. Yet for a girl who grew up in the city, I was lucky to experience natural and wild spaces far from the paved, urban environment I lived in. My mother made it her mission to […]
Cultivating Gratitude: Why it’s Essential to our Wellbeing.
In Canada, my adopted home country, this is Thanksgiving weekend. The trees wear their colourful garlands with short lived intensity – soon it will be winter – and our friends and family share laughter and seasonal harvest around their tables. In Santa Cruz, California, where I currently live; today is a warm 21 + degrees C […]