Mushroom Gorgonzola Soup
Aahhh…soup in the winter! It just evokes warm feelings of sitting by the fire, cup of soup in hand, just enjoying the cold weather. …or just t...
Month: December 2014
A Year of DISCOVERY
In December of 2013 my friend & teammate, Maggie, told a bunch of us about an idea where you pick a word for the coming year. It’s your inspirationa...
Balboa Island Holidays
Just wanted to share the magic of the holidays on Balboa Island with pictures…. You cannot direct the wind, but you can adjust the ...
Pizza Mondays
I started a tradition on Monday nights when my son was probably a freshman or sophomore in high school and my daughter was in 6th or 7th grade, so about 12 or m...
Happiness Lives in the Space of Novelty
A few years ago I was doing some research on existentialism on the advice of a therapist I was seeing at the time. In doing the research, I decided to look ...
Impracticality and Life Experiences
I’m not usually one to clip articles out of newspapers, although I do love how much information and thought provoking topics I get from reading the Sunday...
Weekend Without Borders
It was o-dark-thirty when we crammed nine women, our chauffer, Barry, and multiple suitcases into a Suburban (totally illegal) and raced off to the airpo...
Lighthouse Love
I love lighthouses! I’m not sure why, but it may have to do with the proximity to the water, which is always a draw for me, or the romantic notion of st...
Book ReviewโThe Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown
I know, I’m a rower, and you’re thinking โReally, you’re first book review for your blog is going to be about rowing!โ No, actually, I’...
Catfishing
Catfishing: The phenomenon of internet predators that fabricate online identities and entire social circles to trick people into emotional/romantic relat...