A Note from Mary Why Ancient Ruins Make You Feel Better Nothing is wrong with you. Something was missing, and it was almost certainly not the site. By...Read More
A Note from Mary What the First Morning Actually Looks Like Because “a deliberate first morning” is a lovely phrase and lovely phrases are cheap. By Mary Collins,...Read More
A Note from Mary Standing at the Start of Something On thresholds, beginner’s mind, and the beginnings you’re allowed to choose. By Mary Collins, CEO of Far Horizons...Read More
Notes from the Field Where Ideas Begin Most travelers follow Buddhism downstream. The source is upstream, and it changes everything you think you know. By Mary Collins, CEO...Read More
Japan is beautiful in a way that is easy to feel and difficult to explain. The temple gardens. The silence of the tea house. The raked gravel. The...Read More
North India is not a collection of sacred sites. It’s a laboratory. A three-thousand-year experiment in what happens when great civilizations have to build their answers to the...Read More
At the moment of total solar eclipse, the world does something no photograph has ever fully captured. The temperature drops — several degrees, in minutes. The horizon in...Read More
Most people choose a trip the way they choose a restaurant — by scanning the options and picking the one that looks best in photos. That’s not a...Read More
