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Meet and Greet: 5/20/17
Originally posted on Dream Big, Dream Often: ? It’s the Meet and Greet weekend everyone!! ?Strap on your party shoes and join the fun! ? Ok so here are the rules: Leave a link to your page or post in...
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Between Mom and Stepmom
Originally posted on Longreads: Sarah Menkedick | Longreads | May 2017 | 15 minutes (3,743 words) Meg first appeared to me as a nimbus of curly red hair, looming above my top bunk late at night. The...
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Interactive Map: United Colors of Tourism — Discover
Not sure where to travel? Let Justraveling’s interactive “United Colors of Tourism” map entice you. It displays the marketing slogans of national tourist boards from around the world. via Interactive...
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The Next Project – Miniature Coffee Shop
While it’s entirely possible that I suffer from too many hobbies already, I decided to start building my 1:12 scale dollhouse. This is the first one I’m building totally ground up, and I can only find...
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How Responsible Tourism Can Challenge Patriarchy in India.
Originally posted on The Shooting Star: Over the course of my travels in India, I’ve found myself in some strange predicaments. Once, I was in the home of a middle class family in the mountains, ready...
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South Carolina’s Coastal Towns
It’s almost time to say goodbye to summer, so we’re taking one last trip to the beach. I hesitated a good bit before agreeing to the trip — so much suffering going on in Houston and Florida from...
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New York City with Tweens and Teens
New York City has been a favorite destination of mine for decades and it’s fun for me to see how the city has changed over the years. I know a lot of people who don’t want to go to NYC today because...
View ArticleInstant Pot – South Carolina Chicken Bog
Chicken Bog is one of my all time favorites. Just about every Low Country Southerner over the age of 25 has a “recipe” – unwritten know-how passed down from their granddaddy or grandmama. Most of the...
View ArticleAn important perspective on Suicide Prevention by my friend @joethepeacock
How To Help Someone Who Is Suicidal …And no, it’s not by posting the Suicide Prevention Hotline to your social media feed. On May 30, 2011, I tried to take my own life. The last thing I did before I...
View ArticleThe Penna Keyboard is GREAT for writers
My husband knows me so very well. One of my favorite presents for Christmas this year is my Penna Keyboard. There is something deliciously satisfying about the tactile experience of a good,...
View ArticleDevNexus 2019
As I sit here putting the finishing touches on my presentation for DevNexus 2019, I realize just how excited I am about this year’s conference. I used to say DevNexus was a great “smaller, regional...
View ArticleMaps Are Cool
Since we will be on vacation for our anniversary, we ordered our gift early – a little something to have fun with building up to the trip. I am extremely pleased with the quality of the product and the...
View ArticleToday’s Presentation: Navigating the Slippery Slope of Emergent Design #Agile...
We had a great day here in Atlanta for the DevNexus Conference. Venkat Subramaniam kicked off the morning with a funny and thoughtful keynote and I have learned so much in all of the presentations I’ve...
View ArticleThirteen Thoughts On Writing #amwriting #writingcommunity
Thirteen Thoughts On Writing https://brevity.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/thirteen-thoughts-on-writing/ — Read on brevity.wordpress.com/2019/03/12/thirteen-thoughts-on-writing/ Quick read, good reminders....
View ArticleHow to Become a Good Listener | Desiring God
High-quality listening brings good results. But it takes an awareness of how much people need to be listened to, plus time and practice — Read on www.desiringgod.org/articles/how-to-become-a-good-listener
View ArticleWhat’s next?
I’m back!! W00t! My husband, Wayne and I are both back on social media after a crazy long hiatus. Truthfully, we have endured the most difficult couple of years in our entire lives. I’ve been silent...
View ArticleEurope – Queen Mary 2 Transatlantic Voyage
In 2019, Wayne and I took a trip to Europe with our dear friends, Tess and Donald. Because I have a love of all things Art Deco and because, well, it’s a freaking OCEAN LINER, we decided to take the...
View ArticleEurope – London
Once we said good-bye to the lovely Queen Mary 2, we set off on the first leg of our European adventure by train from Southampton to London. We had wrestled for quite some time about just hiring a car...
View ArticleEurope – Eurostar High Speed Train
Trains. One thing we (and most travelers) love about Europe is the trains. We actually considered doing the entire trip by train, but we only had 3 weeks of vacation total, so we did fly around some. I...
View ArticleWant real reform? This is how.
Police are not the problem. The people making the laws are the problem. They choose where your money goes. For decades money has been channeled for political gain. Step over a dollar to pick up a dime....
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