{"id":240,"date":"2023-10-10T02:35:04","date_gmt":"2023-10-10T01:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/?page_id=240"},"modified":"2025-12-02T20:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:07:22","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Welcome to The Crunchy Life! <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px;flex-basis:80%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Migration to Substack in progress. Subscribe to future posts on <a href=\"https:\/\/christianandmariataylor.substack.com\/p\/coming-soon\" title=\"\">our Substack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Latest Posts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:75%\"><ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-2 has-dates wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/iraqi-kurdistan-delegation-update-1\/\" aria-label=\"Iraqi Kurdistan Delegation Update 1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251021-WA0043-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251021-WA0043-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251021-WA0043-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG-20251021-WA0043-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/02\/iraqi-kurdistan-delegation-update-1\/\">Iraqi Kurdistan Delegation Update 1<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-12-02T20:23:36+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">2 December 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Iraqi Kurdistan | In October, we joined a two week peacemaking and solidarity delegation with Community Peacemaker Teams (CPT) to Iraqi Kurdistan.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/going-to-palestine\/\" aria-label=\"going to palestine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rachel_corrie_aysenur_ezgi_eygi-300x225.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rachel_corrie_aysenur_ezgi_eygi-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rachel_corrie_aysenur_ezgi_eygi-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rachel_corrie_aysenur_ezgi_eygi-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/rachel_corrie_aysenur_ezgi_eygi.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/08\/going-to-palestine\/\">going to palestine<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-04-08T01:11:19+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">8 April 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Palestine | In our last post, I wrote about our decision to volunteer in Palestine; I wrote about our fears and doubts, and about how being there was incredibly meaningful. In this post, I want to share a poem\/reflection that I wrote during the weeks when we were wrestling with the decision of whether or not to go.\u00a0<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/youre-so-brave\/\" aria-label=\"&#8220;You&#8217;re So Brave&#8221;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/olive_tree-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/olive_tree-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/olive_tree-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/olive_tree-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/olive_tree-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/olive_tree-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/youre-so-brave\/\">&#8220;You&#8217;re So Brave&#8221;<\/a><time datetime=\"2025-01-31T17:09:54+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">31 January 2025<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Palestine | It wasn\u2019t an easy decision for us to go out of our comfort zone and take a risk. I want to share some of our doubts were, and what we experienced while we were there. I hope that by doing so I can encourage you to take steps beyond what you are used to in order to stand up for the oppressed.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/lessons-in-power\/\" aria-label=\"Lessons in Power\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Issas-Patio-2-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Issas-Patio-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Issas-Patio-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Issas-Patio-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/28\/lessons-in-power\/\">Lessons in Power<\/a><time datetime=\"2024-11-28T00:23:40+00:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">28 November 2024<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Palestine | Since our last update, Maria and I have traveled from Hebron to Jerusalem and spent a few days in the old city. We then spent a week in Budapest (I was mostly sick \ud83d\ude41), and last night we made it back to Seattle after 413 days on the road!<\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/index.php\/latest-posts\/\">All Posts&#8230;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-border-color has-contrast-border-color is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);flex-basis:20%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">About Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Hi! We are Maria and Christian. We are <s>currently <\/s>on a year-long round the world trip.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Before traveling full-time, Christian worked as a software engineer, and Maria worked as a registered dietitian. We both love to cook, read, and spend time outdoors (hiking, gardening, cycling, fishing, and camping). In our lives we value and strive for simplicity, adventure, justice, and of course being a little crunchy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/index.php\/about-us\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"117\">Read more about us here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/unnamed-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/unnamed-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/unnamed-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/unnamed-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https:\/\/thecrunchylife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/unnamed.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to The Crunchy Life! 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