Monterey, CA

Summer's always a good time to travel, but since that's not wise this year, summer will have to be a good time to write about traveling and share some of my photos. I wrote a fun series of travel posts a couple of summers ago, so be sure to check them out. You can find … Continue reading Monterey, CA

Books I’m Thankful For

Happy Sunday! Today's blog post was inspired by a little activity that one of the local libraries did recently. Patrons were invited to take a tag and write the titles of the books for which they were thankful. The tags were put on display, as well as some of the books. Such a fun idea, … Continue reading Books I’m Thankful For

Autumn Love

Autumn is my favorite season.šŸƒšŸ‚ The vibrant golds, reds, oranges, and yellows of the changing leaves are simply breath-taking each year. The trees seem to be giving their last hurrah before they retire for the winter. It's such a beautiful display of shockingly fierce colors! Purple and green are my favorite colors, but something about … Continue reading Autumn Love

Finding My “Sole” Mate

Anybody who knows me knows how much I loveĀ shoes. Most of my closet is devoted to my shoe collection. This collection has been a growing obsession of mine as I've filled it with wedges, slides, sandals, sneakers, heels, slippers, boots, flats, etc over the years. For casual days, I turn to my fabulous, red, low … Continue reading Finding My “Sole” Mate

Favorites

Lately, my students have been asking me about my favorite song, or movie, or whatever; so even though theseĀ have nothing to do with mommyhood or moxie,Ā I thought they might make a good topic for today's post. Here's my list of favorites: book- it's a tie:Ā The History of Love by Nicole Krauss andĀ Man's Search for Meaning … Continue reading Favorites