The Sunday Post: Iberian Peninsula

It’s been almost two months since we returned from our adventures on the Iberian Peninsula and I’ve been meaning to get back to this blog but one thing or another has distracted me. I’ve been doing a lot of reading, catching up on work and my temperature blanket, visiting friends, and now getting ready for…

Time for this Guiri to Tapear

By this time tomorrow we’ll be, as the song says, leaving on a jet plane. Our bags are packed (well, mine is), passports are ready, and we’ve gone through our to-do lists too many times. I’m an over-planner, so the reality is that I’ve packed and re-packed multiple times. I’m even working on preventing jet…

The Sunday Post: Kiawah

It’s Sunday evening and I’m writing today from a comfy couch, in an ocean-front condo on Kiawah Island. It’s cool and drizzly outside right now, but yesterday was gorgeous. The sun was shining, sandcastles were being built, and there was a deceptive breeze (meaning we got a little too much sun). While I sat there…

Trippin’

I’ve taken a couple of trips in this first quarter of 2024. First I went to Texas where I met up with my siblings to celebrate my mother’s birthday, see her new home, and meet her significant other. It was great to spend time with my family. It had been way too long since we…

5 Things

They say it’s the small things in life that bring you happiness, right? I’m not sure who “they” is, but I believe them. And sometimes these very small things feel very large. I’m not sure I can narrow my list down to just five, but I will give it a shot. These are the five…