by Jeannie Ralston | Aug 23, 2023
“Not famous!” I shouted to a wide-eyed woman who was craning her neck as she passed my group on West 57th Street in New York City last week. “Nothing to see here. No celebrities,” I said with a smile to another woman who looked as if she was...
by Jeannie Ralston | Aug 9, 2023
The thing that kept reverberating in my mind as the 12 of us stood on the edge of a desert canyon was: this view has rarely been seen by humans. Overhead, a rock formation hung like a cresting tsunami wave. Far below us, a green-gold valley floor stretched wide and...
by Jeannie Ralston | Jul 19, 2023
The journey started with a question: Where are you in your life right now? The question was asked of 16 women as we sat at a long dinner table among the stone structures of a 13th century castle, with an adjoining church and annex, surrounded by olive trees and...
by Jeannie Ralston | Jun 14, 2023
Editor’s note: Co-founder Jeannie Ralston wrote this assessment of her father’s legacy six years ago when she found out that he had severely clogged arteries. He died just four months later from a fall while raking leaves in his favorite part of his...