Living in My American Skin

Yesterday was the 4th of July. I wasn't very excited about the holiday. It was a Friday that felt like a Saturday. I was busy getting ready for a road trip up the east coast of America; doing laundry, cleaning the house, emptying the fridge of leftovers and mushy red peppers I forgot to use …

Walking ~ Day 365 A Year of Walking

It was a year ago today that I set out to walk every day and blog about it. I did give a full disclosure, somewhere way back at the beginning, admitting that I was far from perfect. That hasn’t changed. The writing about it every day wasn’t possible. I’m an Indie author, writing books and …

Walking ~ Days 343-361 It is What It Is

Okay, I get it. I've been slacking. I haven't written a walking blog in eighteen days. I will admit I am glad to see the finish line up ahead. It's time to move on to something new. Monday I had full intentions of writing a blog, but I was having a day. You all know …

Walking ~ Days 317-322 Found Treasure

My good friend Liz is visiting for the weekend. The thing I miss most about New England is friends and family. The thing I like most about Florida is the weather. Luckily, New England is notoriously dreary and friends and family have been visiting this winter. We partied hard on Friday night, slept until ten …

Let’s Get in the Car and Drive

We set out across the Everglades, driving along Alligator Alley, fingers crossed, hoping my old Hyundai with 182,238 miles and a dent on the front right bumper that we never fixed due to the deductible, would make the journey without incident. We've had numerous vehicular mishaps over the past 23 years, but today was our …