Travel

Sisterhood of the Traveling Panties

Sisterhood of the Traveling Panties

If there’s an apocalypse, Zombie or otherwise, I’m dead. Last weekend several friends from Virginia traveled to sunny San Diego to visit me. They were welcomed with rain. And more rain. Unprecedented rain! A flash flood the likes of which has not been seen in San...

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Lockdown: British Edition

Lockdown: British Edition

I’ve written and re-written this post many times, vacillating between total dejectedness and flickering hope. We recently passed the six-month mark of living in Oxford. Half of that time we’ve been in lockdown. While the government recently released a plan for...

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New Year, New You… Not Happening

New Year, New You… Not Happening

Happy New Year, Friends! How is 2018 going for you so far? Getting fit? Eating healthy? Meditating daily? Good for you! I have spent the first days of 2018 stuffing my face with muffins and watching old episodes of Downton Abbey. Meanwhile there is a massive pile of...

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A Look Back at 2015

A Look Back at 2015

Hello, Friends. This blog has not seen much action this year.  Mainly, because of this rascal: I'd love to write more, and hopefully will in the upcoming months. In the meantime, this post is my attempt to recap everything I would have blogged about this past year had...

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The Day I Went Dog Sledding

The Day I Went Dog Sledding

Normally if you were to ask me if I’d like to vacation in Alaska, I’d tell you, “Hellz no.” I think of Alaska and I think of: Cold. Snow. Bears. Salmon. Sarah Palin.  I don’t think: Vacation! But then if you were tell me that Alaska is actually stunningly beautiful...

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