It’s September. Let’s Start Here.
This is the time of year when I tend to over-believe in myself and what I can still accomplish in the few short months left. How about you?
Read MoreDestination: The World. Read on for stories from the detours.
This is the time of year when I tend to over-believe in myself and what I can still accomplish in the few short months left. How about you?
Read MoreIf you’re already in the thick of making summer travel plans, even though you haven’t asked for my advice, just like your mother I’m going to give it to you anyway, so listen up!
Read MoreHaving survived the last few years of le confinement, best if we prepare to NOT be surprised by whatever lies ahead because in your book of life, do you know the whole plot? Of course not, which is why if wine could talk a lot more people would be great storytellers.
Read MoreNow that we’ve left the void that was 2021, let’s change our energy level and focus on the “new NOW” in 2022.
Read MoreMayhem Warning: reading this book will shift your understanding about how even the best laid plans, organized by experienced professionals, can quickly take a detour! (Look mom, I did it!)
Read MoreTravel used to be an adventure, but we’re all a little bit rusty now, still in the “relearning to travel” stage. Except that this is going to be harder than just getting back on the bike and peddling again.
Read MoreYou can call it your bounce back or the end of your own personal pandemic hell, but it does finally seem like the right time to return to the dance. But will your cha-cha be the same?
Read MoreAre you ready to come out of your COVID cloud and travel somewhere? It’s time to lift off and go places again (safely, of course). Where are your post pandemic travel dreams taking you these days? I’m sharing a few of mine here.
Read MoreWell I think we can all agree that January was a bust, but here to save us at last is February. It’s short; it’s sweet. And so is this post.
Read MoreIt’s been a hellofayear for us all, right? Time to take a peaceful pause and get ready for what lies ahead.
Read MoreEven in a weird way there are still things to be grateful for in November 2020. Here is my short list.
Read MoreAre you grumpy because you miss travel? Then you’re in my new group where we all suffer with travitude. Read on for what that means and how sharing our travel memories can help us cope!
Read MoreIf you’re curious about what it’s like to get on an airplane again as well as check in to a hotel during pandemic pandemonium read on for details from my recent experience on a business trip to Nashville.
Read MoreOnce upon a time (pre-pandemic) people actually had a choice in turning their lives upside down! This is that story. Meet my friends Curt and Snow, Van Life Travelers stranded by C-19 in Mexico.
Read MoreTired of sitting at home staring out the window and thinking about your next escape? Take a journey with me as we visually revisit some of my personal travel ‘postcards’, and who knows? Maybe you will be inspired to pull out some of your own memories! Yet one more activity you can do from the comfort of your couch!
Read MoreMay you never bark at your own reflection.
Read MoreYes, we finally did it exactly one year ago this month. And while I had a tiny bit of pre-trip anxiety about what it would be like (well, actually more like a feeling of “nothing can beat Christmas in my jammies at home with my “special eggnog” and sister’s delicious homemade cookies, but go ahead […]
Read MoreSeems weird writing a blog post about a funeral but then again this wasn’t just your average family funeral. This one had a bugler, a bagpiper, a full military band, horse drawn caisson, and the seven member honor guard with rifles at hand, all in place to provide the final salute to this decorated […]
Read MoreWorked a meeting at ‘the happiest place on earth’ last week, aka Walt Disney World here in Orlando, and yes, I couldn’t resist snapping a few photos of the not-so-hidden Mickey’s you see everywhere. And by everywhere I do mean, well, see for yourself.
Read MoreI was the last child born into a family of four, so growing up I didn’t have a lot of experience with being the first. But here are some people that do:
* Barack Obama, USA’s first African American President
* Sandra Day O’Connor, first female US Supreme Court Justice
* Charles Lindbergh, first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Then there was this guy, Neil Armstrong. First man to step foot on the moon.
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