Category: Gratitude
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The Importance of Holiday Magic
This year, even more than ever, we are in need of finding the magic of the holidays … that magic that helps bridge divides, smooths strained relations, allows people to set aside differences to share in the beauty of the season. Even without snow on the ground, and the second warmest November on record, Duluth’s…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Mirror
Aurora looked into the mirror and liked what she saw, dancing and shimmering along the horizon, with shades of purple and green, as the stars twinkled in appreciation of the sight. Friday night at the cabin on a little lake in the Minnesota northwoods was special, indeed. Ciao! ~ Kat This post was in response…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Happy Place
Hiking along the road near the cabin in the northwoods, autumn’s golden leaves crunching below our feet as our four-legged companions gallop to their heart’s content … up north is my happy place. Up North It’s the place people go to escape, a place made of cabins, pine trees and lakes. But no matter how…
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Happy Third Anniversary (to me)!
Three years ago this week, I took the leap and hit the “publish” button for the first time. The blog “Travel. Garden. Eat.” entered the blogosphere. Three years of blogging = 314 posts, 21,118 visitors, and 48,048 views. As I begin year four of my blogging journey, it is interesting to look back on posts of interest — whether…
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Looking Back at the Year of Blogging in 2014
“The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog.” As WordPress bloggers we get this notification and a summary of our stats for the year, which I always find fun and interesting to review. It is an opportune time to say “thank you” — thank you for joining me, as I continue on my…
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