SPITZWELL a year in Thailand

I am noting that my year in Asia pried me loose of any expectations I had of myself to leap back into another leadership role.  Never say never, and I am all ears if the right something comes along, but I am really enjoying consulting at the moment and have enough work to keep me […]

I just had the most loving experiences at the bank and the post office. I don’t know what is going on, but sometimes this feeling of love and joy and contentment overwhelms me and it oozes out of me in all these unlikely places, like with the bank teller or the man behind the counter […]

On return to my childhood haunts in Pine Plains last weekend, I decided somewhat off-handedly that this Tulip Tree should be the subject of my next post.  It was given to me as a small sapling by Les and Susan Havens in Cambridge MA when I was returning home for a visit from college in 1986. […]

We’ve been caught in the whirlwind of re-entry and of course I have been contemplating whether or not to continue this blog. I think I will, as I feel moved to write. Although the kids never bother to read this now, I think there will come a time when they are glad to have it […]

There have been plenty of “lasts” to go around in our final week in Chiang Mai, and now we are down to the final day. Disassembling our life here and getting ready to reassemble ourselves back home. We are all really excited to return, but Louis and I are feeling pretty nostalgic and taking note […]

Wow! what an exciting 12th birthday! I’m making my way up to 13, so stay tuned for my bat mitzfah! Anyway… Im here again to tell you the tale of my 12th birthday in the year of 2014. (sorry I’m in a vlogging mood! Stay tuned for that on my youtube channel: tessswag! ) So my […]