Stuck on a Langoliers-type flight: Tips for how to get through bad flights Happy Travel Tuesday! In the past three weeks I have had, what some may refer to as, bad flights. In one such flight, my plane circled our intended airport for 40 minutes and then eventually […]
A Container For the Collective Grief and Somber International AIDS Conference Upon landing in Melbourne, after 26 hours of feeling discombobulated in the air with a five year old in tow, I found out about the downed MH17 flight over Ukraine. At first, there were estimates that […]
From up in the air: I present you wood chips in motion I am up at 35,000 feet in the air flying to the land down under. Everything is a bit topsy turvy and I am a bit discombobulated. While road tripping the deep south of […]
Letting my sister evolve while still picturing her as a munchkin As the older sister by nine years, I have seen my younger sibling transform from a munchkin to a full-fledged adult. That is, indeed a wild ride. I still think of my sister as the little […]
Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge: You spin me round and round the world It is Wacky Wednesday. In a week from today I will be traveling to Australia and can’t wait to meet the people, learn about the culture and take some great photographs of the landscape, […]
Soup, Cats, and Beach Towels: Fighting off Extreme Allergies While Traveling the World I have a thirst for travel that runs deep within me. Living abroad as a high schooler got my travel creative juices going. I had to learn very early on how to travel […]
Getting Lost while traveling can be a great thing: Seize the Moment On just about every trip I have taken, I have gotten lost. At times, it is just slightly lost and at other times its been a behemoth mess up. For the most part, I have relished […]
The life queue Everyday and every morning I make a to-do list. These lists usually consist of things I need to get done in the more immediate future, namely that day. There are oftentimes some aspirational items on my list as well. I place said items on my […]
A straight line need not be easy Many paths are straight and narrow Many wind around your being Enhancing your pining for tomorrow Today the straight line beckons Winding up the search for meaning Driving up to the heavens
A squiggle here and a squiggle there: Positano and Panama City The city of Positano, Italy is just beautifully magnificent. The drive there from Rome is filled with curves galore that transport you to a different period in time. Going through the little town, you duck under vines […]