A King's Life

Today, February 17th is a holiday you may have never heard of: National Random Acts of Kindess Day. This day is celebrated on Feb 17th in the United States and September 1 in New Zealand by doing something kind to a friend or stranger for no reason at all. My random gift of kindness to [...]

Corn, also known as maize, is part of every meal in the Mayan culture. Most americans know corn in a form that is either popped, boiled, steamed, eaten off the cob or shucked and served as a side dish. But to the Mayan culture, corn has a bigger significance than just food.

It’s 2012, the famed year of the Maya when the current Mayan calendar ends.  There is a large population of Maya in Belize, so it is appropriate that we would get to visit an authentic Mayan village in 2012. We deliberately did not read about Mayan life, history or much of anything.  We wanted to experience [...]

It seems to me people have great intentions when it comes to less materialism and more saving, but once the holiday spirit is upon us, most tend to lose focus.  Mountains of presents sit under a Christmas tree making for a pretty picture and ensuring a great holiday, right?

It is a well known fact that all of us have… too much stuff.  In fact, we own so much stuff, there are multi-billion dollar industries created to organize and store all our stuff.  We have so much stuff it won’t fit into our 3,000 sq ft houses and we have to store it off-site in [...]

Costa Rica is not a country of quality.  The things that you buy here will likely break within a few months.  The construction, finishing touches and detail work is low quality at best. So, for our last 2 nights in Costa Rica we decided to treat ourselves to a nice hotel – beautiful furnishings, great [...]