Anyone that is keeping track, I did write a post with a similar title 12 years ago: Whooooshhhhhhh! which contains a similar sentiment to this year. Busy summer, lots of life in motion, lots going on and lots of great memories! It was also one of those summers where I was processing an intense couple […]
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10 years ago this week, Terry and I headed north from New Orleans for a week long Thanksgiving break. We stopped in Memphis to celebrate our 7th anniversary, eating yummy food and listening to great music. We spent a few days in Chicago checking on our condo, visiting family and playing tourists… And we wrapped […]
First up, let’s talk about the Inauguration! What a day! So wonderful to celebrate America’s first female Vice President, first African American Vice President, first Caribbean American Vice President and first Asian American Vice President! I wore my pearls on Wednesday while teaching in honor of Madame Vice President, Kamala Harris, and was able to […]
An update of one of my favorite posts. I’ve been extremely lucky. While the past few years have definitely been challenging ones, the bulk of my 50 52 years have been filled with lots of magic and adventure. I know a number of people who hide their age, but I’m of the mindset that I […]
One of my most favorite parts of our time in New Orleans was Mardi Gras. It is a magical time of year, a season, that goes from January 6 and Epiphany to Mardi Gras Day itself, Fat Tuesday. We had so much fun attending parades, bonding with new friends, as well as hosting and sharing […]
6 years ago, on a trip back down to New Orleans, I made a quick stop to visit western Kentucky. I wanted to visit the cemetery where my grandparents are buried and check on the little town where my grandparents retired and where we used to visit when I was a kid. It was the […]
I’ve been extremely lucky. While the past few years have definitely been challenging ones, the bulk of my 50 years have been filled with lots of magic and adventure. I know a number of people who hide their age, but I’m of the mindset that I want to recognize these years. On a whim, I […]
Cars. Born in the Motor City. Transportation. Independence. Way of Life. Family traditions. If you are from Michigan–and definitely from the metropolitan Detroit area–you have car stories. Cars aren’t just transportation, they are a part of your identity and that of your family’s 20th century history. Learning to drive is a right of passage (for both […]
Over at my other blog, A Home for the Family Tree, I have been doing a month long writing intensive called the A to Z Challenge. Here is the final post, Y & Z…is for Ypsilanti and Zora, which is a summary of the different posts I wrote for the Challenge. Well, this is the last post […]
Two years ago, I joined WEGO’s Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge for 30 days of writing throughout the month of April and loved the results. I enjoyed the extra interaction with my readers, appreciated the extra push to finish writing assignments, and liked that I was connecting to a larger community of bloggers. I missed […]
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