Other People

    I always have this very strange thought that goes through my head whenever David and I are traveling, especially if we are in a place where we don’t speak or understand the language. I always look at other people and think, “I’ve lived all my life never knowing you existed, and now here…

Right Brain, Left Brain

I once read that in order to function at our best, people should perform activities that engage both the right and left hemispheres of the brain. I don’t think it meant that we needed to do both at the same time (like the stories we’ve all heard of surgeons who have music playing in the…

Why France?

Why indeed. I had the same French teacher, Madame Hea, for almost all of elementary school. Madame Hea was an actual French woman from France, who always wore an A-line skirt, sweater set, pumps, and the requisite silk scarf. I’m pretty sure she never wore pants, at least never when she was teaching. She was…

Winter Hates Me

    I am not someone who has big expectations in life (I didn’t even buy a lottery ticket for the recent $70 million Lotto Max draw), and I have always been content to just move along doing what I do, living how I live. Certainly, I’ve had some major disappointments in life, and I’ve…

Let’s Try This Again

It has been forever since I wrote here because I discovered Instagram which then stole my time and shortened my attention span. While Instagram encouraged me to take a million photos with my iPhone and then post said photos in the time it takes to brush my teeth, what it did not give me is…