The Truth in Tamales
Four generations of women, one kitchen, and the secrets folded into masa and cornhusk — what a tamalada taught me about the people who made me.
Continue readingThis is where I write about a fuller, more intentional family life — and where we open our homes to families who want to live it. Letters, stories, and stays.
the good stuff.
That's what we write about, and it's what we've built into every home we open.

We met in 1996 — I was tutoring Spanish, John was a young trader with a map of the world pinned to his wall. Thirty years of marriage, two books, three children, and a handful of homes later, we still love the same thing — a life with breathing room in it.
We never set out to be hosts. We just couldn't keep these places to ourselves. So, as fellow travelers in this one life, we leave the porch light on and open the door to friends new and old.
“We came as guests and left feeling like family. Everything was thought of — right down to the note on the letter board.”
Four generations of women, one kitchen, and the secrets folded into masa and cornhusk — what a tamalada taught me about the people who made me.
Continue readingStories, letters, and first word when a stay opens up.