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What was supposed to be a one-year adventure became a decade of nomadic living.

When their rented house suddenly sells, Ellen Barone and her husband, Hank, plan a year-long journey through four countries, starting with Mexico. But one year becomes two, then five, then ten.

What begins as a planned experiment becomes a way of life. Over the next decade, they live as long-term travelers, staying months at a time, adapting to new cultures, languages, and ways of being. From settling into temporary homes to making ordinary moments—and lasting friendships—feel like belonging, Ellen documents their shifting sense of home: sometimes tethered to place, other times to each other, or simply to the freedom of reinvention.

I Could Live Here is an open-hearted chronicle of midlife transformation, unexpected adventure, and the paradoxes of belonging. It's a story of making a life not rooted in place, but shaped by curiosity, connection, and the quiet courage to begin again. And again. And again.