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Before each trip in my list of preparations is the need to make a musical playlist. I typically spend a quite a bit of time driving and when not, I am rambling about alone. Music is a prescription I must always have filled. Throughout my life it has meant various things. Only one person truly…
Eirinn Go Bragh. This Was the last thing my papa bear wrote to me as I made my way across the pond to Ireland. That phrase became so real to me as I settled into the countryside and rambled my way through her cliffs and valleys. I would return to the Emerald Isle a few…
I’ve taken to bed. Being a world traveler hahaha, I’ll admit I take pride in saying that. I have found how varied the concept of vacations is to people. From my own travel companions to the friends I have met along the way. I have been fortunate that I have had such diverse experiences. I…
Because of my many travels I think I find myself most comfortable at a table for one. I began to look at writing as if it was a conversation happening but no one could hear. I became very comfortable or rather familiar with the posture of being alone with my thoughts as terrifying as they…
I was never close with my maternal grandmother …wait that’s not true. There was a time in my life when I slept by her side every two weeks. Where I labored beside her- polishing her silver, organizing her threads and watching as she flipped that switch and turned fabric to clothes. There was this wonderful…
Ciao Italia – this was the header I imagined for my first post. I like most of the world have wanted to come to Italy for so long. The land of pasta and wine – ancient romans and cypress lined hillsides. We had promised we would come together – my best friend and I that…
I have this habit of allowing music so deeply into my life that it has become the loudly silent narrator. I don’t necessarily regret it. I think the way I connect to music is beautiful, I think the way I can sometimes allow it to take over is dangerous and often times reckless. Im leaving…
Eau de vie I keep starting things and then I get stuck. I think it’s because I keep writing about things that are not the heart of the matter. Today I had the opportunity to visit a cognac distillery. I splurged so I could have as much of the experience as possible. While I hope…
It has been longer than I should have allowed to fly solo again. I wish I knew why, perhaps the answer will come before the inevitable flight home. In the meantime I find myself lovingly wrapped in the arms of the stars. I have changed so much since that first trip not that many years…
We left Istanbul this morning. I was sad to leave not because the city itself had left me speechless but because the experience had. I have never believed in the statement “Travel expands your horizons” more than I have on this trip. I came to a predominantly Muslim country. Filled with Mosques and women covered…
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