A Keeping It Real Post Y'all know I'm a bit of a travel addict. Social distancing has given me cabin fever, but I've chosen to help flatten the curve, and all my travel plans are on hold for now. Over the last three months, I've engaged in conversations about travel and … [Read more...] about Social Distancing and Widowhood (Do The Right Thing)
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Home Is Where The Heart Is
A Friends and Family Post sometimes you'll feel lost or that you don't know where you are going. be thankful for that. because that means you still know what home feels like, and if you know what that feels like, you are never truly lost J.M. Storm Home Lost When I left … [Read more...] about Home Is Where The Heart Is
Adventure Part 20 – Portugal
A Wandering Widow Post "Sometimes our walls exist just to see who has the strength to knock them down." Darnell Lamont Walker I'd always envisioned Portugal as a beautiful, sunny, coastal country and was excited to get there. As much as I love traveling in the off-season, … [Read more...] about Adventure Part 20 – Portugal
Adventure Part 19 – The Basque Country
“When one encounters enough strangeness, then what is strange ultimately becomes familiar. The mind can accommodate itself to almost anything, given time: pain, grief, loss, even the possibility that the dead talk to the living.” John Connolly Have you ever visited … [Read more...] about Adventure Part 19 – The Basque Country
Adventure Part 18 – Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
Great persons, like great empires, leave their mark on history.” Janet Wallach Toledo and Salamanca are both ancient. When the sun is in just the right spot, these walled cities are surrounded by a golden glow, like two dowager Queens basking in the desert sun. I was … [Read more...] about Adventure Part 18 – Toledo and Salamanca, Spain
Adventure Part 17 – Madrid, Spain
Travel brings power and love back into your life. Rumi I've had a lot of people compare my travel year to Eat-Pray-Love. There are similarities, and since I love that book and Elizabeth Gilbert, I'm cool with the comparison. And after a month in Spain, I'm absolutely … [Read more...] about Adventure Part 17 – Madrid, Spain