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by Ann Wojtysiak and Leonardo Tombelli, guest bloggers A Food and Wine tour of the Traverse Area is such a fun experience, especially when enjoyed with good friends. (Full disclosure: this was a socially distanced trip before the winter and Covid-19 forced us inside and away from friends for...
by Peggy DePersia, guest blogger The sun continues to rise and set as the earth spins in her orbit around it and yet, we pause, if we can. And, if we can, pause that is, we may capture a moment, at least for a moment, and be eternally grateful for it. These moments in time […]
Like most of my friends, I am struggling with the reality of the Pandemic—increased cases and deaths and the need to flatten the curve at a time when winter is settling in where I live. Michigan. It’s grim. The winter feels long and dark. Needing to do something creative and to “go...
by Linda Laughter, Guest Blogger During this Covid Christmas, where we are all hopefully, safely at home, I am blessed with memories of travels past as I decorate our tree for the holidays. As newlyweds, we decided to buy a Christmas ornament or some memento to hang on our tree...
by Kate Dernocoeur, Guest blogger The gloom of dusky, cloudy days has once again begun its descent upon the Midwest, where we typically enjoy months enduring what someone once dubbed “the Gray Tunnel.” I defiantly reject the common habit of blaming sour moods as being induced by the weather....
Reposted from December 2014 One of my favorite places to spend a few days during December is New York City. This year’s trip to the Big Apple didn’t disappoint. Decorations are always fabulous and creative. Store windows are the best. This year I was captivated with Barney’s...
As I sit down to write a post about Thanksgiving, a flood of memories take over my thought process. Growing up in a small town where my Mom made the full blown Thanksgiving dinner complete with home made mashed potatoes, gravy and stuffing Thanksgiving had a predictable character. Readers of my...
Even though my background is Irish and Norwegian, I’ve decided to celebrate Day of the Dead. Until last year the macabre skeleton costumes and skull candies seemed kinda weird to me but I’ve changed my mind. I think it is a holiday to embrace enthusiastically. I changed my mind...
by Peggy DePersia, guest blogger As if things aren’t scary enough! The classic goblins of our “Hallows Eve” are back and oh, the references. As we remind ourselves at this time every year when we approach “All Hallows Eve” or Halloween, it is historically an opportunity to honor the dead. On...
This was originally posted in 2019. What a difference a few days can make at a cemetery in San Miguel de Allende. Amazing. The reason: Day of the Dead or Dia De Muertos. I visited the large graveyard the last week in October (2019)with my photography workshop group. It was fairly...