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We can easily be blinded by our own expectations, and miss out on some wonderful experiences. Often, people get specific ideas of…

The birds wake me up, their incessant morning chatter yanking me from a lovely dream. I roll over, and for the briefest…

In case you missed any of our blog posts during our awesome six week Eurotrip adventure, you can catch up with this…

My husband turned 40 at the beginning of 2021, and we had been planning a week at an all-inclusive as a celebration.…

Reviewing 7 nights on the Celebrity Solstice Cruise to Alaska (Sept 2017)

Last month I turned 35…. And I quit my job.*  Tomorrow is my last day at the company that I helped build…

The global impact of the Covid-19 is surreal and unprecedented. The news is incessant, and I find myself constantly scrolling, waiting for…

Covid-19 is upending life as usual, changing our world forever in ways unknown. When we come out on the other side of…

For many years, I was a workaholic. I had a terrible time disconnecting at the end of a work day. In fact,…

I meant to post this on Skyler’s birthday last month, but I just never got around to it. You know how it…

My paternal grandmother, who insisted we always call her Grandmother, died when I was 17, so I never got a chance to…

“No amount of physical contact could match the healing powers of a well made cocktail.” — David Sedaris Being married to a cocktail…

Traveling can force you into compromising your food habits, especially the bad ones. Sometimes you have no choice but to choke down…

As a result of the on-going worldwide Black Lives Matter protests, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. Thinking about my own…

I still can’t believe he’s gone.  Two years ago, when the news of his death hit the internet, we were staying with…

There’s no question that travel is a life-changing, mind-altering, heart-opening experience. But travel is costly, both in terms of time and money,…

As I was recently scanning in old documents, I found this short story that I wrote in the 5th grade titled “My…

It’s September 1st and you know what that means! Time to board the Hogwarts Express for another year at the Hogwarts School…

Ever year, I set an ambitious reading goal and set out to read a varied mix of fiction and non-fiction books. I…

I recently had the grand pleasure of hosting a small Harry Potter night. The idea originated because some friends who were reading…