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Finding a tent to buy is not an easy task. I’m torn. Between the different tent options and the cost, it’s killing me. It’s been 15+ years since I last bought a tent. That tent, which I owned up until last November, was under $100. So why am I now looking at a tent that [...]

Our tent was a good, reliable fixture in our lives. Solid. Airy. It was a home away from home. A place for giggling girls, sometimes for romantic getaways, many times a refuge during thunderstorms and always a lovely place to lie back and stargaze through the mesh top. It lasted about 15 years even though [...]

“Galveston, oh Galveston…” Yes, I have a song stuck in my head, brought on by either a recent ‘60 minutes’ episode about Glen Campbell, although more likely by the recent trip I took to Galveston with my daughter. Before summer began, before our emergency dash home to Australia in late May, I had asked my [...]

It’s been a few months since I’ve posted anything on my blog. Life has been turned upside down once again. I’ve been trying to determine how to navigate the unknown path. In the last 6 months I have taken primary custody of my daughter, had two deaths in the family, a wedding, preparing my childhood [...]

I am a fiscally tight traveler. I like to splurge on one or two things, but generally, I’m always looking for ways to save. With 10 days in England, it took some creativeness, but I spent $1400 total. That included flights, accommodations, ground transportation, food (including a splurge or two), attractions and even gifts for [...]

It has taken me 25 years to see Westminster Abbey. I was finally going to enter this building I had studied so intensely in high school, to see the intricate rose windows, the flying buttresses… All I had learned so many years ago came rushing back to me. I stood there in the rain, crying, [...]