Category: Life
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Seek Light and Love
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Ciao! ~ Kat
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Illumination
Merriam-Webster’s online dictionary defines “illumination” as “the action of illuminating or state of being illuminated,” going on to provide several additional examples of this definition: a : spiritual or intellectual enlightenment b (1) : a lighting up (2) : decorative lighting or lighting effects c : decoration by the art of illuminating A library is…
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Important Life Lessons that Family Travel has Taught Me
Our family has been blessed with some wonderful travel memories over the years. Travel will be transitioning to college visit trips, with much of our travel budget over the next 6-8 years hanging on the hopes of good scholarship money! As the primary trip planner and organizer, not to mention chief photographer (let’s face it, often the only…
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Year-End Statistics, Award Trivia, and More ~ This is What Happens When a Cold Bug Plants a Blogger at the Computer for the Day
With disappointment, I look outside at the fresh layer of snow and sunny skies, knowing that cross-country skiing conditions would be lovely today . . . as I sit with stuffy head and achy body, struggling to open the darn childproof packaging of the Dayquil softgels, telling myself the holiday visit to New York City was…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: My 2012 in Pictures
After stepping away from the computer for most of the week, to enjoy a memorable Christmas in New York City with my family, it was a pleasure to take some time today to reflect back on the year. Restricting myself to one photo a month was not easy, so I cannot say these are my “best”…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 