Travel – Red Tent Living

Rocky Mountain High

By: redtentwomen July 2, 2018July 1, 2018

Intentional Living, Monthly ThemesBeauty, Brain Zahnd, Bravery, Colorado, Elk, Rocky Mountains, Stasi Eldredge, Susan Tucker, Trail Ridge Road, Travel6 Comments

“Beauty may be the most powerful thing on earth.” –Stasi Eldredge Recently my nineteen-year-old son and I took a trip to Colorado. While my youngest attended summer school and my husband worked, Seth and I set off for five days of adventure in the Rocky Mountains. Seth had just finished his freshman year in college,…

Things Worth Remembering

By: redtentwomen May 28, 2018May 27, 2018

Day to Day, Monthly Themes, relationshipsBeth Bruno, Family, Greek Ruins, Memory, Motherhood, raising boys, Thomas Merton, Time, TravelLeave a Comment

He was just over two when we took the fun vacation to Greek ruins, waterfalls, and the sea. In the newness of our discoveries and the delight of our first trip as a little family of three, I snapped photo after photo of my cute blond-haired boy, always standing out amidst our Middle Eastern surroundings.…

Worlds Collide

By: redtentwomen October 23, 2017October 23, 2017

Day to Day, TravelCalifornia, College Reunion, Family, Libby Kurz, Santa Barbara, The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien, Travel6 Comments

“But the thing about remembering is that you don’t forget. You take your material where you find it, which is your life, at the intersection of past and present…Stories are for those late hours in the night when you can’t remember how you got from where you were to where you are.” The Things They…

Changing from One State or Condition to Another

By: redtentwomen May 4, 2015August 2, 2015

Day to Day, GardeningGardening, life changes, Retirement, Transitions, Travel, Valerie Avery6 Comments

I’m sitting here over my morning tea watching transition across my yard.

As Kermit Says, “It’s not easy being me”

By: redtentwomen August 1, 2014August 25, 2015

Day to Day, TravelBecky Allender, being me, car trouble, Ethiopia, Travel12 Comments

I had just gotten a few items at the grocery store and hoped to get home to enjoy a Sunday afternoon.

Gratitude in the Desert

By: redtentwomen June 26, 2014August 25, 2015

Intentional Living, TravelAlgeria, Family, God's Grace, Gratitude, Maureen Gebben, relationship, Saharawi, Travel10 Comments

The year was 2004. We had slept very little, but needed to board buses and vans for the trip to the airport to fly into the military town of Tindouf , Algeria.