In my Thanksgiving post, I already commented that it’s been a year. But…but from a personal standpoint, 2016 was a pretty decent year for me. I picked back up with my travel and visited new cities domestically and internationally. I also committed much more to my yoga practice and have…
With its beautifully designed streets, pastel painted buildings and glimpses of the Rio Tejo beyond, Lisbon is a romantic city. But Sintra is a force to be reckoned with in terms of romance, starting with the ruins of the Castelo dos Mouros high up in the hills. Sintra is a…
I last checked in on how I was doing on my self-declared Instagram Photo of the Day challenge about three months ago. And after having really enjoyed posting a photo every day for the last six months, I earlier decided that after June 30, I wouldn’t push to create at…
I haven’t been in a power outage in a long, long time. They were kind of fun when I was young and happened at my old house when giant thunderstorms rolled through North Texas, the kind with thunder claps so loud they rattled the walls. There we had a fireplace…
When I started my Photo of the Day challenge on Instagram, I really wasn’t sure how it was going to go, where it was going to take me, or even how long I was going to do it. One month? Two? Well now we’re nearly to the end of the…
I was reminded last weekend of some favorite places in Dallas, that I’m going to call somewhat secret by how little I have heard talk about them. Not to mention that one of them, I once used to seem to never be able to find until last year when I…