A Happy, Wacky Childhood
“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood”..Agatha Christie I grew up with two parents and f...
Category: Travel
Beautiful, Quaint, Galway
Gina, my Dublin friend, dropped me off at the train station and I settled in for the 3 hour ride through the Irish countryside to Galway. Stunning scenery!! โฌ...
Ireland…the homeland
Dublin Castle In the Spring of 2013 my friend, Gina, who lives in Dublin, emailed me and said it was time to return to Ireland for a much needed break. I di...
Home Exchange…a great way to see the world for less!
I LOVE red doors….not our exchange home, just a great Dublin door. Our kids had gone off to college and it was time to go on some adventures. I’ve...
Quivering in Quebec City
Okay…not the greatest use of alliteration, but it was chilly in Quebec, so the title seemed appropriate…although maybe it should be shivering...
Meandering in Montreal
I’ve had Montreal and Quebec City on my travel bucket list for awhile and decided it was time to check them off that list. 2015 will be happily busy wit...
California Coast…A Spur-of-the-moment drive
Nothing more fun than a drive up the California Coast with the top down! This past summer, my friend, Val, texts me out of the blue on a Sunday morning...
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...