As part of a “blog hop” for the Generation Fabulous site/magazine I am writing on the topic of Transformative Travel. (How I dislike that phrase, blog hop, there has to be a better one.) Where do I start? I love travel. I grew up on a farm and Summer was not a time of vacations. […]
I Want To Be On This Chicago Sea Dog Cruise!
I really wanted to go on this cruise on July 24th, the night before the BlogHer Pre-con, but I missed the deadline for posting the info – included below – to be entered into a pool of bloggers who could attend. Drat. But as I was doing some PR for a post I wrote about […]
Sunny Day After Wonderful Off-Season Family Visit
I am so pleased that our family gathering that began on March 14th and just ended yesterday on the 24th went exceptionally well. I can’t imagine having family from all over the country and friends from the next state over visit in our home in some combination for 10 days solid and being in as good of a mood as I am today had we done this at Christmas-time.
The Ides of Aquarius
A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate enough to visit the land of the Maya. It was a very short trip, I traveled with my husband to a conference he attended at Xcaret. I was able to visit a place of myth and mortality, Chichen Itza, and I managed to speak to a couple […]
Transition Happens
Though I do not ride horses, I’m back in the saddle again. Sayings such as this just seem to be appropriate for Tucson dwellers. This time of year re-emphasizes my sense of place on the globe. I’m quite conscious of living in the South Western United States. As I raked the decadently well-watered grassy patch […]
What All This Means, Provisionally, In Arizona
Did my early ballot get counted? I have no way of knowing! With the rest of the U.S. showing more Democratic swing than the “polls” captured, why would AZ swing opposite to the same demo tilt that polls showed here too? Oh, over half a million provisional and early votes were not counted. Hmmm…. I […]