While I work on highlighting 2024 in a future blog post, where there was, thankfully, a lot of travel (using photos for memories, too), I...

Sixty-three is an odd number, but I don’t feel so odd with this particular birthday. I still feel 25 or 30. Ahem. Perhaps celebrating...

I couldn’t wait to get down to Williamsburg to meet up with writing friends Katy Dalgleish and Julies Rains (and their husbands) to take...

How do you feel when you enter any museum? The largest ones, like the Met in NYC, The British Museum in London, and most of the...

It’s always a treat to be in touch, and even better, to meet up in person with my writing friends! This past weekend, I picked up...

I love people! Luckily, I've been blessed to have several trips over the past several months, including my family, sewing sisters, global...

I knew I liked those impressionist artists, and not just for their amazing body of work that is loved the world over, still today. They...

Did you know French chocolates are super scrumptious? I almost didn't... They say European chocolates are delicious. Some of the best...

D-Day 80th Anniversary 6/6/2024

Maybe you wonder, two days into this series, how this crazy girl began her love travel. Well, I can "blame" my parents (not really) when...

I'm glad I spoke to my travel companion, Linda Misencik, this evening. She is delightfully traveling with me during my first week in...

My friend, writer, conservationist, and award-winning world photographer Kathy Karn is heartbroken (as are many in the world who pay...

In January, I asked if folks were planning to travel in 2024. Hubby Bill and I are excited about our second writer's retreat in May with...

The bastardly SS Nazis in Poland did unspeakable destruction of life for almost five long, cold years - 1939-1945 (even more years in...

The Stoics all said in one form or another that history repeats itself. I want to ask, why? Humans are human beings, and of course, we...