The U.S. National Park Service made a few headlines this week. After angering its new leader by tweeting actual photos of inauguration crowds, it was then caught up in an attempt by the new administration to wipe federal agencies clean of climate change facts. In its futile efforts to wash multitudes of data from the national … More Support Our National Park Service
This side of the world feels dark and stormy right now, and, admittedly, the thunder has me shaking a bit. But don’t worry, that’s likely as close to political commentary as I’ll leak out into this little speck of webspace. If nothing else, I think we can all agree on a need to both escape … More If escape is needed, I’m going here…
The dust trailing behind our summer of road-running has finally begun to settle. It wasn’t that we traveled extensively, but our various summer hobbies kept us on our toes enough to be a touch tired, and perhaps a bit grateful to watch as multi-colored leaves drop in abundance outside. Honestly, I get exhausted by the incessant whining … More Rethinking Winter
After the wedding, the sun broke through an encroaching cloud and sprayed beams of highlighting on an already glowing scene: sparkling newlyweds and generations of their family members, all of whom had traveled from afar to celebrate love with those they love. Though our tans are fading, our smiles will return after each thought of Caribbean sunshine, powdery white sand, turquoise … More Jamaican Smiles
Our Jamaica trip is just days away, and I’ve risen from bed with thoughts of packing overtaken by some sort of high-level travel overtones, those which send my brain into a spin. All of this was triggered by an article posted by a FB friend (yes, occasionally FB posts inspire something besides unfriending) written by … More “It *Will* Change You.”
We’ve been “forced” to shake up our typically non-typical travel patterns to attend a destination wedding in Jamaica this September. Were it any other trip, right now I’d be plotting a detailed sightseeing agenda while make a list of must-try restaurants. But this time, I don’t necessarily have to do any such things. Is this a … More An Atypical Caribbean Countdown Begins…
My post about Mont Saint-Michel must have gotten stuck within a shoulder-width alleyway of this postcard “island” in Normandy, or perhaps it was caught in the muck that surrounds it and then washed away by the enveloping tide. Regardless, having finally realized that I didn’t share a single word about our relatively quick stay there, I … More Mont Saint-Michel, Revisited
I’ve delayed posting pictures due to issues with getting pictures from my phone, but I won’t delay further and will just add more later. Here are some photos from our France trip (click the below for slideshow)!
Now where was I? Oh, right…Paris. The Seine was an unflattering shade of murky brown, spilling over its banks to bury roadways, trees, and its typically pedestrian-laden banks. The Louvre was closed, the rain was still falling, and it was a balmy mid-50-something degrees outside. Such was the state of Paris when we hopped off … More I Do Love Paris, Rain or Shine
We’re home again, having left behind what is now confirmed as my favorite big city visited to date: Paris. I’m not able to express my feelings in an acceptable manner now; our return has been a bit chaotic, office life beckons early tomorrow, and I’m jet-lagged and sorting through an Eiffel Tower-sized pile of laundry. But … More Home Sweet Home (but, oh, Paris…)
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