Inside: I am giving lots of first time cruise tips here. They are all from the mind of a first time cruiser and what made our trip the best it could be. There are so many unknowns when its your first time cruising. I will help you answer some of those questions. Cruising for the …
A Reader’s Review Every year I make a reading list and set goals. But how many plans were seen to the end last year. I think most people found the quarantine of 2020 to be a great thing for their reading list. On social media I kept seeing stacks of books labeled as #booksIreadthismonth. …
This will be my fourth year in a row picking a word of the year. I added the ‘in a row’ part because I am not always known for consistency. But look, here I am showing up to share my word of the year in 2021 so maybe there is hope for me yet. …
I don’t know about you but I have become more and more dissatisfied with the rush and hurry of life. Being all the time physically busy and mentally going through the next steps, phone calls, emails on the list is depleting. Our connectedness at times feels like a disability when I can hear the …
Every year I like to do a review of the books I read. I have not been great about keeping a journal as I read but I do love to look back and see what has stayed with me from a particular book. I did not read a lot this year because my life has …
As 2020 begins it feels right to be reviewing everything and that is what I have been doing so much of lately. My quiet moments so far are filled with making lists and taking notes. Writing is hard work and review posts like a 2019 Holiday Review, Books I Read in 2019 or Book I Plan T …
I am a reader. I do it on purpose and with pleasure. I am a really slow reader so I never seem to finish enough books, but I know that even if I were a speed reader I would still not be able to finish my to be read list. I have tried speed reading …
I like to pick a word of the year. Most people use aspirational modifiers. I love to choose solid single nouns. I first participated in this exercise in 2018 when I had just returned from a magical Christmas in England and my word was TEA. It was simple, I wanted to make a habit of …
I just became a camper. We made our first camping trip about a month ago and instead of trying to get everything just right the first time, I decided to focus on two things and spend my time and money on these two things primarily: sleeping well and having a good cup of coffee. If …
Let’s talk about I tried it! I loved it! I want to do it again! I never thought I would write those three sentences. I have no experience camping. I love an all-inclusive resort, a homey air b&b, the omelet at an Embassy Suites. So why is camping is fun? I sat at our campsite and …