Category: travel
-
Vacation from Reality
Vacations are great. They’re so nice, sometimes I need a break from real life after a vacation—the old “I need a vacation to recuperate from my vacation” situation. That’s about what happened, but now I’m here, and this week marks my first full one back in the old routine. Boring, you might think, but it’s […]
-
New Orleans Revival
I finished the first draft of FORTITUDE last Tuesday, September 10, 2013. Cue the party horns! It felt great and I immediately took a few days off from serious writing because I busted my fingers and brain the previous two weeks to get it done. Yes, even though it’s Laurie Halse Anderson’s annual WFMAD challenge […]
-
Diva of the Day
As noted in the previous post, my family attended a wedding in June. We drove 800 miles to central Illinois to see my sister-in-law’s union to her boyfriend of several years. Hooray for them! A family road trip with three kids is one thing. Having your four-year-old diva surpass half a dozen meltdowns in one […]
-
June’s Highs and Lows
June was a month of many miles: physical and emotional. A wedding, a funeral. Harsh realities and re-envisioned dreams. First times, and also, some repeat situations. I’d like to revisit some of June’s milestones in the next few posts and I’ll begin with a geek moment. On June 14th I took my eldest child (son […]
-
More R-N-R
Last night I was able to catch another Ricky Nelson Remembered concert. This time it was with two of my friends, Lee Ann Ward and Meleesa Swann. We drove more than two hours each way to Ft. Walton Beach, Florida, but it was well worth the time and expense. When I caught the show last […]
carriedalby.com 