Backpack B's

What are your thoughts on Chinese food? (Besides the cute little take out containers and fortune cookies) I find that you either like it, or you don’t. Up until a few years ago I found myself not really caring for it. Mostly I think because it upset my stomach. There was never any one menu [...]

We awoke this morning to such tragic news headlines. Two bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston marathon, killing at least three people and seriously injuring hundreds. . . REALLY? Do we REALLY live in this kind of world? The kind of world where we have to be afraid to go outside of [...]

“People tend to be more tofu-like, able to absorb whatever environment they’re dropped into. But where does the adaptability end and your actual personality begin?”–Sloane Crosley While making dinner tonight, I couldn’t stop thinking about Sloane Crosley’s tofu quote. First, I just so happened to be making tofu, and secondly it made me think of [...]

One of the many, many, things that I adore about Korea is the endless mountain trails that you can hike. If you have followed our blog up until this point, you know that we have hiked some beautiful places in various parts of Korea. I feel like hiking is taken to another level in Korea. [...]

“Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold.” LOL! That song reminds me of when I was a little girl and in Brownies, the younger aged little ladies of the Girl Scouts. Yup, I was a cookie working sales professional with my sash and all. I don’t know why, [...]

It’s early Wednesday morning, our home is very silent, very still, very peaceful. Only the stir of Bean cat can be heard. On a day like today with the tension so high in North Korea, silence and peace are truly a blessing. Today is really like most mornings here. I wake up earlier than Mr. [...]

Are you a nibbler? Okay, let me further explain. I am talking nibbler in the sense of, when you are cooking in the kitchen you are nibbling along the way. It might be that perfectly ripe tomato, that just out of the oven bread loaf, or even a teeny swoop of that freshly whipped cream [...]

Sorry, I couldn’t resist. Isn’t this little veggie and dip tray that I made fun? Over the last few years our dinner table and holiday traditions have changed a lot. We have moved from our small hometown, to a new state, then to move again across the ocean to South Korea. A big part of [...]

Socks, check. Bug spray, check. Bandanas, check. Sunblock, check. Bean cat, Wait…Bean cat?! Little miss cannot resist an open bag. It’s now a reality! Only a few short hours away from gathering my packed bags and heading off to Cambodia. My heart and mind are open and ready to be fulfilled with this amazing experience [...]

Many apologies, lately I feel like I’ve been rather inconstant with keeping up on our blog. I know it’s only been a week or so since the last update, but it feels like months have went by that I’ve left you all hanging. Life has certainly been fast paced here for the bees. Travel, wonky [...]