Bunions and hammer toes: if you do not know what they are, count your blessings. Most people with these painful conditions blame their shoes. Women blame wearing high heels or other ill-fitting shoes, but these conditions are often hereditary. My…Continue Reading →
In the summer of ’09, my husband John and I took a train from Krakow, Poland to Lviv, Ukraine. When we arrived at the border between Poland and Ukraine, we had to get off the train in the Polish city…Continue Reading →
On previous trips to Paris, I often passed a plaque outside elementary schools. Several times I noticed flowers left below this plaque. Even with my high school French, I understood the plaque had to do with children deported during the…Continue Reading →
Paris is always the answer, so said Audrey Hepburn. How true this has been in my own life. In the summer of ’16, when I was fogged over with grief after my husband’s death, I came to Paris. Here I…Continue Reading →
We counted down 14 days after our second Moderna shot. According to the CDC, after 14 days we would possess maximum antibodies to fight the virus. This immunity, which we have come to call our GET OUT OF JAIL FREE…Continue Reading →
Since March 2020 when the pandemic hit, Dan and I have quarantined. We get all our groceries delivered. God bless Instacart and Peapod! We have our prescriptions mailed to us. Amazon has delivered everything from batteries for our car key…Continue Reading →
Even before our wonderful Spanish trip ended, Dan and I talked of our next journey. Vienna, Austria on the ice blue Danube called to us. We imagined ourselves off the Ringstrasse in a sunny café sipping frothy Viennese coffees, sharing…Continue Reading →
Recently I posted a photo of my sister, Laura, and me on Facebook. We are standing in front of the fountain at The Mary Washington Inn, a famous old hotel and spa, in Abingdon, Virginia. We met at the Inn…Continue Reading →
