Picture Perfect Parks
Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia
Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, Georgia

Azaleas, magnolias, and rhododendrons mix with tulips and daffodils across the whole resort. Signs of rebirth and renewal surround you from the spring buds to the birds singing their praises for a warm season.

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Yankee Candle Village, Deerfield, Massachusetts
Yankee Candle Village, Deerfield, Massachusetts

The shopping area melds into one of the magical areas: the toy workshop. Look above to your left and you will see an automated clock listing the days, hours, minutes, and seconds to Christmas Day with mechanically animated elves.

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Southford Falls State Park Oxford, CT
Southford Falls State Park Oxford, CT

beautiful woods, falling trees and running water

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Bellingrath Gardens Theodore, Alabama
Bellingrath Gardens Theodore, Alabama

Each season brings its own delights

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Buttonwood Farms Sunflowers for Wishes
Buttonwood Farms Sunflowers for Wishes

Sunflowers For Wishes

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Acadia National Park Schoodic

Many visitors to Acadia skip the trip to Schoodic, which is unfortunate because it’s beauty is spectacular.

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Picture Perfect Parks
Slow Dancing with Myself
Slow Dancing with Myself

By slow dancing with myself, I choose to acknowledge my self love.

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To My Former Students
To My Former Students

At least once a day, one or more of you come to mind. 

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9 Suggestions for Dealing with Grief during the Holidays
9 Suggestions for Dealing with Grief during the Holidays

Grief itself is a difficult time as can be the holidays for some people.  Both seem to instigate raw emotions in us, and mixed together it is like a superstorm about to ignite.

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How to Help a Friend’s Small Business for Free
How to Help a Friend’s Small Business for Free

You love your friends, but there is only so much you can do financially to help them when they are running a small business.

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I’ve Decided to Start Dating Again
I’ve Decided to Start Dating Again

I’ve Decided to Start Dating Again after 40 years. I know some of you are so very excited; you’ve been chomping on the bit waiting for me to be ready. 

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Caretaking is Not for Sissies - My Thoughts on being a Caretaker for a Loved One with Alzheimer's
Caretaking is Not for Sissies - My Thoughts on being a Caretaker for a Loved One with Alzheimer's

I am my mother’s primary caretaker; I am with her almost 24/7. 

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Reading Room
Can Bill & Hillary Clinton Add Successful Fiction Writer to their Resumes? My Review of The President’s Daughter and State of Terror
Can Bill & Hillary Clinton Add Successful Fiction Writer to their Resumes? My Review of The President’s Daughter and State of Terror

I just devoured State of Terror by Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny.  Prior to that I read Bill Clinton and James Patterson’s second book, The President’s Daughter.  And…I thoroughly enjoyed both.  

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My thoughts on Jessica Bruder’s book Nomadland - a Review
My thoughts on Jessica Bruder’s book Nomadland - a Review

…my visceral reaction was pure excitement…

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The Hunger Games Trilogy - A Review from the Perspective of an Advanced Placement English Teacher.
The Hunger Games Trilogy - A Review from the Perspective of an Advanced Placement English Teacher.

Should you reread it? PROBABLY

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AP Lit It: Whatever does it mean?
AP Lit It: Whatever does it mean?

There is so much more to great, creative literature than a storyline and characters.

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My Love Affair with The Inspector Gamache Series and Louise Penny
My Love Affair with The Inspector Gamache Series and Louise Penny

Delightfully believable characters, a magical setting, and an ability to articulate an understanding of human emotions and frailties are woven into murder mysteries…

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A slice of El Malpais please! We didn’t have time for all of the highlights of El Malpais, but we saw enough to plan on going back! #elmalpaisnationalmonument #newmexico #newmexicolove #nps
A slice of El Malpais please! We didn’t have time for all of the highlights of El Malpais, but we saw enough to plan on going back! #elmalpaisnationalmonument #newmexico #newmexicolove #nps
Painted Desert Part 2! #arizona #arizona🌵 #painteddesert #painteddesertnationalpark #nps #travel
Painted Desert Part 2! #arizona #arizona🌵 #painteddesert #painteddesertnationalpark #nps #travel
Petrified Forest and Painted Desert is underrated as far as I’m concerned. Pictures don’t do it justice although I took enough on both my camera and my phone. 🤣 Be prepared for several posts now and in the future. We spent about 8 hours
Petrified Forest and Painted Desert is underrated as far as I’m concerned. Pictures don’t do it justice although I took enough on both my camera and my phone. 🤣 Be prepared for several posts now and in the future. We spent about 8 hours there. #nps #petrifiedforest #painteddesert #arizona #travel #traveltheworld #travelgram #travelblogger #travelblog #travelbloggers
Route 66 Arizona! #route66 #backroads #backroadstravel #arizona
Route 66 Arizona! #route66 #backroads #backroadstravel #arizona
Oak Creek Canyon at different times of the day- late afternoon and morning. #sedona #oakcreekcanyon #arizona #travel #travelblogger
Oak Creek Canyon at different times of the day- late afternoon and morning. #sedona #oakcreekcanyon #arizona #travel #travelblogger
Some more Sedona. I’ve been taking way more photos with my camera. I keep forgetting to take phone photos. #sedona #vanliving #vanlife #vanlifestyle #vanlifediaries
Some more Sedona. I’ve been taking way more photos with my camera. I keep forgetting to take phone photos. #sedona #vanliving #vanlife #vanlifestyle #vanlifediaries
Sunset in Sedona It was an overcast day until the sun came out just as it set tonight! #sedona #sedonaarizona #travel #vanliving #vanlifestyle
Sunset in Sedona It was an overcast day until the sun came out just as it set tonight! #sedona #sedonaarizona #travel #vanliving #vanlifestyle
Day 1 of Sedona adventures! And we’re not done! #vanlifestyle #vanliving #vanlifer #vantravels #sedona #sedonaarizona #arizona #montezumacastle #montezumawell #travel #travelblogger #travelblog
Day 1 of Sedona adventures! And we’re not done! #vanlifestyle #vanliving #vanlifer #vantravels #sedona #sedonaarizona #arizona #montezumacastle #montezumawell #travel #travelblogger #travelblog
It was a super short visit to Santa Fe, and most of it was visiting a dear friend. Here’s a few shots from my trip downtown. More pictures coming later. #vanlifestyle #vanliving #travel #travelblogger #backroads #backroadstravel #newmexico #sa
It was a super short visit to Santa Fe, and most of it was visiting a dear friend. Here’s a few shots from my trip downtown. More pictures coming later. #vanlifestyle #vanliving #travel #travelblogger #backroads #backroadstravel #newmexico #santafe #santafenewmexico
A slice of El Malpais please! We didn’t have time for all of the highlights of El Malpais, but we saw enough to plan on going back! #elmalpaisnationalmonument #newmexico #newmexicolove #nps Painted Desert Part 2! #arizona #arizona🌵 #painteddesert #painteddesertnationalpark #nps #travel Petrified Forest and Painted Desert is underrated as far as I’m concerned. Pictures don’t do it justice although I took enough on both my camera and my phone. 🤣 Be prepared for several posts now and in the future. We spent about 8 hours Route 66 Arizona! #route66 #backroads #backroadstravel #arizona Oak Creek Canyon at different times of the day- late afternoon and morning. #sedona #oakcreekcanyon #arizona #travel #travelblogger Some more Sedona. I’ve been taking way more photos with my camera. I keep forgetting to take phone photos. #sedona #vanliving #vanlife #vanlifestyle #vanlifediaries Sunset in Sedona It was an overcast day until the sun came out just as it set tonight! #sedona #sedonaarizona #travel #vanliving #vanlifestyle Day 1 of Sedona adventures! And we’re not done! #vanlifestyle #vanliving #vanlifer #vantravels #sedona #sedonaarizona #arizona #montezumacastle #montezumawell #travel #travelblogger #travelblog It was a super short visit to Santa Fe, and most of it was visiting a dear friend. Here’s a few shots from my trip downtown. More pictures coming later. #vanlifestyle #vanliving #travel #travelblogger #backroads #backroadstravel #newmexico #sa

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