We found ourselves in the best of hands in this Catalan country, where after four centuries the culture is still peaceably torn between France and Spain.

After multiple leaps of faith, we are finding ourselves in translation. Enjoy Chapter 1 of Camp Cassandra’s immersion stint abroad!

Join me on my children’s maiden voyage to France for five weeks of adventure and immersion, starting in la belle Barcelona!

During the trial of Derek Chauvin, I finally put into words my complicated reflection on how it felt to be home near Minneapolis after George Floyd died at Chauvin’s hands.

After not having left NYC for more than two weeks in 16 years, the pandemic forced our family out of New York for six months of soul-searching. The majority of our time was spent in my childhood home, making for a “reverse study abroad” filled with revelations about country and self.

I couldn’t start a new year of theatre-going without looking back on 2019’s artistic highlight. Catch the last two weeks of Oklahoma! if you can, or enjoy reading about my (unorthodox) maiden voyage with one of musical theatre’s crown jewels. Happy MMXX!

Read my talk on the intersection between The Great Books of St. John’s College and my grandfather’s writing in Alcoholite at the Altar: The Writer and Addiction.

For this mother and child reunion, Montréal was even more than meets the eye.

Enjoy Chapter 1 of this summer’s travel-with-kids adventure: Montréal!

Read my review from the front row of the genre-bending new film, To Dust.

Fight for your right to be arty.

An English view of Ireland, The Ferryman will drain your cup and leave it more than half full.

Some pipes! Saint Thomas’s new pride and joy inspired this piece on my theatrical journey with the Episcopal Church.

The Met/Louvre’s extraordinary new Delacroix exhibit and an excellent new one-woman show Artemisia’s Intent take me on a theatrical artistic ride.

Enjoy my talk from the official launch of my grandfather Roger Forseth’s book Alcoholite at the Altar: The Writer and Addiction.

Read my review of a play I wish we all could see.

Read my review of a great new-old play. And go see it Off Broadway before 8/25!

Téleio Télos (Perfect Ending)

After a tearful good-bye in Santorini, beauty surprised us in Athens.

Reporting from Santorini on Greek language and how ruins made our day.