Dear Alabama, First off, I owe you an apology. All these years and I never looked your way– not even […]

Dear Alabama, First off, I owe you an apology. All these years and I never looked your way– not even […]
For weeks now, I’ve been struggling to sum up my thoughts on Thailand. Photos, notes, and memories contradict one another, […]
Only an hour and twenty from San Fran, Healdsburg, California is everything I dreamed it to be and the next […]
Last week for Spring break, I surprised my fifteen-year-old daughter with a trip to Northern California. As Jordan enters […]
I am clutching the seatback handles on a bus speeding through winding roads in eastern Europe. The bus is more […]
Deep in the hills of Georgia, tucked away between the charming towns of Carrollton and Newnan, a death-defying adventure awaits […]
To paraphrase John Denver, Come home to a place you’ve never been. That’s exactly what taking that first step on […]
You Run Towards The Gunfire. A reenactment of some sort is always happening- Changing of the Guard, Drakes Raid, just […]
Spending hundreds of nights on the road, you quickly learn to adjust and even sometimes crave the anonymity that comes […]
Thanks to historical flooding in Germany, getting to Florence was a last minute decision and required an overnight train ride […]
Imagine going about your daily life in the busy city when a nearby volcano erupts forcing you to either attempt […]
August 8th 1939, three quarters of a century ago today to be exact, my mother Joanie came into this world. […]
Originally Published in Old City Life Magazine
OK, so here it is…. My St. Augustine Dream House in all of its boarded up, broken down, pink glory. […]
This summer I spent almost two months traveling around Europe with Jordan, my 10 year-old daughter. This was her first […]
In less than two weeks, I’ll be boarding a plane for Europe with my ten-year-old tiny travel bug, Jordan. I‘ve […]
Asheville is a foodie’s paradise, a mecca for connoisseurs of farm-to-table fare with dishes prepared in ways that make you […]