You may recall my quest to becoming a domestic goddess. About one week ago - no wait make that two weeks ago, my house was nice and clean and organized. I had routines - one in the morning, one at night - and I followed them diligently. And then - I simply stopped. Without warning. [...]

Some of you who have been following my Squidoo lens project may recall that I am trying to create enough lenses (and make them good enough) to submit to be a giant squid. I have five new lenses in my repetoir that I would like to share with you. All of them are about gourmet [...]

As you’ve probably read in my last post on Why I Love Hiking, I currently have a poison oak rash that erupted all over my body. So, I’ve been looking for a poison oak remedy that would help me. I tried what I knew - Rhus tox homeopathic remedy, jewelweed, aloe, apple cider vinegar… and [...]

I love hiking despite the fact that I have things “to work on” while I’m in the woods. Some of these things are fairly irrational, such as my fear of falling. I am also overly cautious and am not in the shape I want to be. Yet I still go out there and hike - [...]

I know. I take the term “loction independent” to extremes. That seems a fitting way to start this musing, which was prompted by a post on Sharon’s blog, about what being “location independent” really means. I am a writer. I have clients. This means that sometimes I find myself tapping furiously at the keyboard when [...]

The first time I had Greek yogurt with honey and walnuts was in Santorini. We traveled there in May. The wind is fierce that time of year and because of that, the jet stream is filled with sand from the Sahara desert. When asked about it, shop owners look worried - they’ll inevitably need to [...]

As you probably noticed, my “photo a day” project didn’t work out. But, I’ve taken a ton of pictures. I’ll upload them to flickr so you can see what I’ve done, where I’ve been. In a way, my goal was nearly doomed to failure. There were too many rules, too much pressure. Where’s the creativity [...]

You should see us on vacation - particularly when we go to Europe. It’s usually a group of us. We have a general idea of what we’d like to see but chances are, we only book our rental car and plane tickets in advance. We talk about it at breakfast - where should we go [...]

Yesterday I spoke of to-do lists - a highly technical topic. There is a danger to list making. Put too little on the list and you don’t accomplish much. Put too much and you make life complicated. It takes work to find that delicate balance, but once you do - it’s quite beautiful. I am [...]