Category Travel
During the Coronavirus pandemic, I have spoken to many, many friends who have said they are actually enjoying all the extra time with their spouses and children. They say that they do not feel “trapped” at home at all. The… Continue Reading →
Calling all interior designers! Yes, you! Put down that pretentious copy of Architectural Digest and listen! In my first two months on the road, I have stayed in five hotels and two condos. There are certain design & decorating flaws… Continue Reading →
Thanks to everyone who voted in the audience participation poll. Overwhelmingly, readers were interested in rural Ireland. Please enjoy this virtual vacation from me to you. I love to travel. I don’t love the airports and the packing and the… Continue Reading →
This is a travel blog by an author who can’t travel. That’s awkward. So, I had a silly idea. Maybe I could perform a community service for my dear readers by recapping one of my old trips. This could serve… Continue Reading →
Our temporary condo was working out just fine. I spent time in the living room or bedroom each day while my spouse worked at the kitchen table. I made food and we watched movies together. Cue the sweeping music. Things… Continue Reading →
April 5, 2020 – The situation finally broke us. We didn’t think it would because we have never thought of ourselves as wimps. Maybe we are and maybe we’re not. Who knows? All I know is that we needed more… Continue Reading →
3/26/2020 – Living life during a pandemic for me means living in one room. Bet your feelin’ pretty good about being in the comfort of your own 1,500-square foot home about now, huh? What our hotel does not have is… Continue Reading →
3/23/2020 – My husband’s company called him in off the road. We had 72 hours to “go home.” For everyone else in the company, that was not a big deal at all. We, however, do not have a home. We… Continue Reading →
3/19/2020 – What a difference a week makes! The experts did say that it would get worse before it could get better. This is true. More things are shutting down. Some congested cities are on lockdown. My best friend lives… Continue Reading →
3/13/2020 – There is a famous book called “Love in the Time of Cholera.” I am entitling this blog entry “Travel in the Time of Coronavirus.” The world is experiencing something new and scary right now. The Coronavirus started in… Continue Reading →
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A Really Good Day (Part 1) – Serendipitous art find – 3/6/2020 – I had such a good day today! It was 50 degrees and pouring rain all day long (24 full hours) and, still, I had a GREAT day! … Continue Reading →
2/27/2020 – I had four days after my brother-in-law’s wedding to finish packing into storage tubs or selling off the rest of what we own. I have lost all respect for used furniture dealers (not sure that I ever had… Continue Reading →
December 2019 – I sold a couch. I have had a sleeper sofa in my home office for many years and I have moved that same piece of furniture from house to house for over ten years. It allowed my… Continue Reading →