Hi Friends! I warned y’all last time that I was a little much. Apparently, I neglected to mention that I occasionally lose entire days. Not in any alarming sense. I know where I am. I know who I am. I just apparently had absolutely no idea what day it was. Here’s what happened. I'm meeting a local friend for lunch this week. Jim and I had it on the calendar, I knew it was coming, and somewhere in the middle of everything else I have going on, I became completely convinced that lunch was...

Somehow I always find fun and interesting coffee shops....this is one I found in Ocala, FL Hey there! Last week I told you that things were going to look a little different around here. You'd still get the packing. The travel. The history. The food. The wine. The historical rabbit holes that begin with one innocent question and somehow cost me four hours of my life. But I also told you something else: You were going to get to know me. I may come to regret that promise. Because if we're going...

Hi friends, On a Saturday morning, two years ago, Jim and I were sitting around drinking coffee before he left to work out with his guy friends. Out of the blue, he looked at me and said, “You know, you really ought to write a beach read.” “I’ll think about it" I replied, and off I went to my office. Now, I like reading beach reads. I genuinely do. But after doing a little research, I realized that I didn’t want to write one. They tend to follow a formula, and as you may have noticed, I don’t...