On Travel Nostalgia

“Let’s never come here again because it will never be as much fun.” —Lost in Translation I’ve mentioned before that I lived in Normandy for a year after college, teaching English. This was before I met my other half, and as it was such a big part of my life, he’s heard me expound on […]

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Friday Things

This felt like the longest week ever. The day job monster was trying to get me down. But I persevered in preserving my writing time, and I hope you did too! Here are three things that helped me through my week:

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: Madrid

Madrid was a city that really surprised me. I’d already been to Barcelona, and didn’t think anything could top the amazing weekend I had there. I was wrong!

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: Dreaming of St. John

Confession: I like winter. I really do.

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: Key West

I’m a big proponent of international travel, but in the past couple of years I’ve been learning that there’s a ton to see and do right here in the US.

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Friday things

So I promised this blog would be about writing, reading, and traveling and I haven’t done a post on any of those things in a very long time. I’m sorry! All I can say is that I’ve been too busy writing, reading, and traveling to post about them. But I’m going to do better. I […]

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On Becoming an Expat

Welcome to your beautiful new home! You know no one. Enjoy.

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Wanderlusty Wednesday: Berlin

Berlin is one of my favorite cities in the world. Why haven’t I written about it until now? Mainly because I don’t have many great photos from my time there.

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Wanderlusty Wednesday

I long to be where the sand meets the sea….

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Wanderlusty Wednesday

The current story I’m writing is about a group of high school kids on a school trip to Paris. It draws largely on my own experiences. I just wrote the part where they take a day trip out to the Loire Valley to see the chateaus, and writing about seeing those amazing places for the first time […]

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