Beautiful Ladies of Florida

So close to the Super Bowl you might be thinking this is a post about Shakira and Jennifer Lopez. They are both beautiful and talented, but this is about those special ladies I like to find in cemeteries — angel statues. I visited two cemeteries: Oaklawn Memorial Gardens in Titusville and Greenwood Cemetery in Orlando. I think it’s... read more

Mission 2: The Old Mission Santa Barbara

I grew up on the East Coast, so I missed learning about the Spanish missions in California. With twenty-one of them running up the California coast, it is easy to visit one. So on a road trip to Santa Barbara last week, we made sure to visit the mission there. Along with the scenic coastline, it was worth the trip. As we approached, I had a... read more

Girls Trip to New Mexico

The annual Girls Trip took us to Santa Fe (New Mexico’s capital) and Albuquerque (the state’s largest city) this year. I won’t tell you how many times I’ve had to look up the spelling of Albuquerque. This trip there were four of us and it worked out great for when we didn’t all want to do the same things. For example, some folks... read more

Cruising The Balkans

My husband and I took an amazing ocean cruise with our dear friends from Nevada City, CA. The cruise started in Venice and ended in Athens. While cruising may conjure visions of old folks shuffling their way around the ship and port calls, there was nothing leisurely about this cruise. We stopped in a new port every morning and averaged eight to... read more

A Cruise to Cuba

During Memorial Day week, I took a cruise to Cuba with my nieces from New Hampshire. Our visas were granted under the people-to-people education exchange program. We had no idea that the US government would ban that program shortly after our return. I do not want to get into any political issues in this post, but we all feel extremely lucky that... read more