April 6th, 2021 The day has come. Today’s post is number 365! The magic carpet has landed for refueling. I never expected I would still be writing daily posts one year after the pandemic started. I began the journey expecting we’d all be traveling again by the end of summer… then the holidays… then spring… and here we are, with
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Photo of Lake Tahoe from my first pandemic post, one year ago today March 18th, 2021 Today marks the one-year anniversary of when the pandemic took off and I hunkered down with the goal of writing one post each day to add joy and get through the stillness of life without travel. I began the series as a Daily Dose
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March 16th, 2021 Today we’re in the Yukon Territory reliving a trip from three years ago that Jay and I made in search of the Northern Lights. We booked the trip only a few days in advance after reading that the Aurora was forecast to be active. It’s only a forecast — the solar winds can change, weather can blow
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January 20th, 2021 A star was born today. Amanda Gorman transfixed us all with her poem, “The Hill We Climb.” Her words and thoughts will not leave my mind: “For there is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it.” What an unforgettable day of change and hope, overflowing with
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Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. June 11th, 2020 For today’s journey in Bhutan, I’m sharing my post that was featured by WordPress on Freshly Pressed in 2013. Freshly Pressed (sadly
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Daily Posts: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 11th, 2020 Yesterday’s post about Mount Everest inspired some nice comments so this week I’m going to re-post a few entries about the journey that led
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Daily Dose of Beauty: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos and stories from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. April 24th, 2020 Since we’re exploring Oman through this week’s posts I’d really like to re-visit Wahiba Sands, the vast desert of southern
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Daily Dose of Beauty: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos and stories from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. April 6th, 2020 For the past few days, as countries all over the world address the crisis at hand, I’ve been thinking about
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