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 Mary Collins, CEO of Far Horizons · 6 min read Something happens to people in front of very old stones, and almost nobody can explain it while...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, CEO of Far Horizons · 4 min read A couple of weeks ago I wrote that a real journey starts with a deliberate first morning. A threshold...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 · August 2, 2026 · 5 min read My youngest had her last day of daycare this week. There was no ceremony, just a quiet goodbye that...Read More
A Note from Mary The Trip You Keep Meaning to Take On the trips we defer, and the year we have left. By Mary Collins, CEO of Far Horizons · July 26, 2026 · 4 min read There is a specific feeling that arrives around this time every year. It is not quite panic. It...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 single maple branch against a stone wall in autumn. Every traveler who has been to Japan describes the same experience: something extraordinary is happening — but the...Read More
There's a version of travel where you leave knowing you were there. And a version where you leave knowing you understood. On what separates intellectual travel from educational travel — and why the gap is almost impossible to name until you've felt both.Read More
