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One reason I enjoy traveling is because I love to learn. Writers are inherently curious and want to know about everything. Sometimes in my travels I’m exposed to new things, while on other trips [...]

For obvious reasons, the month of May always makes me think of my mom. Even though Mother’s Day wasn’t her favorite and she passed away over thirty years ago, I’m grateful we have a special day [...]

The last couple of years have taught me a few things, some of which I had to learn more than once by foolishly repeating the same mistakes. I think I’m finally getting a handle on two of these [...]

Every morning, I stretch for five to ten minutes on the living room floor. We’ve been living in an apartment for several months while we’re building a new house—what seems like a never-ending [...]

Whoever started the whole “sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me” thing was sorely mistaken. In fact, words can do far more damage than physical blows, especially if [...]

The new year has arrived, and it feels more like the last couple of years than I expected. Happily, traveling has resumed and most schools and businesses are open. And yet, COVID-19, with all its [...]

I’ve recently started writing my memoir again—or at least doing some serious pondering about stories to include in Thirty Years to Alaska. The memoir centers around my mom’s thirty-year quest to [...]

With St. Patrick’s Day on the horizon, I’ve been thinking about the whole pot of gold at the end of the rainbow thing and decided to look up the origins of the story. It’s a cautionary tale about [...]

At the beginning of each year, I like to come up with a word to inspire me—sort of a mantra to focus on for the next twelve months. Last January, I chose courage as my word for 2020. In an effort [...]

It’s a December like no other. COVID-19 and the events of 2020 have strained and stretched everyone in ways we couldn’t have imagined. As a huge fan of Dr. Seuss, I can’t help comparing this [...]