a month after I started blogging. It concerns the “family ghost story” my great-grandmother used to tell. Except it may have been a “rural legend” once told widely in the midwest. Since the timeframe was the 1880’s, it really doesn’t matter. The story still evokes the mystery an...
budget vacations using state parksHow to stay flexible and intentional when travel plans go sidewaysThe real reward of travel writing: helping families make memories 🧭 Mentioned in this episode: 365 Atlanta Traveler – 365atlantatraveler.comLittle St. Simons IslandOkefenokee Swamp and Georgia State...
Just 85 miles north and a little west of Chicago, Lake Geneva is the summer playground for Chicagoans. The lake is the draw here. You can take a boat ride, lounge on one of the small beaches, or walk a portion of the 26-mile Lake Shore Path to ogle the multi-million-dollar mansions...
I knew I had to do this alone. At one point I called my son and told him that we might have to use plan B, me driving my son’s new Subaru. He was OK with that but I could tell from his voice that he was disappointed. When my son later...
Little bins of everything you could ever imagine, and you could still walk out with a few things for a dollar. I would have lost my mind in the marble bin in 4th grade…when kids still played marbles on the playground! And I can’t imagine what I would have done with all of the ...
OK, if you twist my arm, IguessI could raise my family of four in a $14 million brownstone with 7 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms, and 7,045 square feet below. There are worse places to live. But it's not the perfect city house for me. ...