The reason I wish I had a million blog readers
I started blogging in the Fall of 2005 after a friend invited me to read hers (I didn't know what a blog was prior); my first post referenced an article that reported the number of blogs to be 30,000 strong. Today, Mashable author Sam Laird reports...
On our first visit to Salzburg: how I almost wet my pants
Salzburg is famous for a lot of reasons ~ birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart where The Sound of Music was filmed beautiful baroque architecture with some of the most famous churches in the world it sits at the northern boundary of the Alps and borders the...
Old rugged
The secret of the Lord is with those who have been broken by his cross and healed by his Spirit. ~ Scottish minister, P.T. Forsythe The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very...
The last 15 and wishes on stars
I missed his birthday. I didn't forget it, that would be ridiculous...impossible. But with an ocean dividing us and 5,000 miles in between, I wasn't there for a sweet indulgence, his TWO favorite desserts for breakfast; neither of them a birthday...
(in)RL, irony and I’m kinda an idiot
Chances are, if you come to my house for a party, I'm going to put you to work. Everyone gathering around to add their personal contributions for our (in)RL Recipe Book; scroll down to see the end result. Saturday evening, a dozen friends in my house...
Simple mom ? simple parenting (especially when we’re talking about teens!)
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. ~ Unattributed Chinese proverb As is often the case, one of the best things a parent can give their teenager is hardly a thing at all: it's room. Room... to make...
Ain’t too proud to beg, sweet darlin’
A wonderful, local restaurant, The Public House, asked Chattanoogans to honor a mom in their life by writing a poem about her. In response, I wrote a (for newer readers who might not know, I lost my mom to cancer when I was a little girl and my MIL has been...
She was born to be wild…
...and she's the one that got away. April, 2012. Near Regensburg, Bavaria, in a centuries-old park. Ellie and Walter were kind enough to share details of their visit there in words and pictures. Walter captured a...
Why do YOU love where you live? (And two reasons to visit Chattanooga!)
I'm in town only a few months before heading back to the other side of the planet to continue my year of adventure, but the timing couldn't be better to be in Chattanooga. There's something fun on tap every weekend between now and...