Category: Travel
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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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When Winter Gets Long, Celebrate the Snow and Ice: Book Across the Bay
While global warming may be a reality, it does not make the winters seem any shorter some years. By mid-February, the winter doldrums can set in, and a lack of snow actually can make those doldrums worse by revealing the dull shades of gray and lifeless brown for much longer than we care to see. …
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I Don’t Really Care About Your Blog, But Will You Post This Photo?
Periodically, I will send my husband a link to my latest blog post or pull it up on the screen of the laptop in the kitchen while he is cooking and say, “hey, take a look at this” — being pretty proud from time to time of my creative efforts. Last time I did that,…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Resolved
I struggled with responding to this week’s challenge – to share a photo which represents one of your New Year’s resolutions. I have gotten away from making formal New Year’s resolutions and didn’t think you wanted to see a photo of my messy garage that I resolve to clean and organize by the end of…
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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…
Travel. Garden. Eat. 