Wall Art in Coimbra, Portugal, June 5, 2025 Douglas and I planned to move to Portugal, walk the promenade, and sit by the ocean every day this December. Well, that's not happening this year. But we will start the application process as soon as we are able. If we are blessed, we will visit Portugal... Continue Reading →
Enjoying a day in a park in Courbevoie, France, 2024 I watch the sparrows sitting on the branches, waiting for the moment when some inner voice informs them it is time to migrate and make the long journey. Memories of home emerge, and with a flutter of their wings, they fly away, over mountains and... Continue Reading →
Paris, France, May 2024 As a black woman raised in the South in Tennessee, I thought that I was an ordinary person, nothing special about me. I was told that I would probably live my whole life in the South, never going beyond the boundary of my hometown. I was also someone who loved books... Continue Reading →
Vienna, Austria, Boating down the Danube, May 2025 Daily writing promptWhat countries do you want to visit?View all responses I would love to see Denmark, Norway, Finland, Iceland, and/or Sweden, preferably in July or August. Although I did visit Geneva, Switzerland in December of 2000, and this Georgia woman loved seeing snow-covered mountains for as... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptIf you had to change your name, what would your new name be?View all responses We took an Uber back to our daughter’s house in Porto, Portugal on Wednesday, because we had walked across the port bridge to get to the beach. I found out it was a bridge that opened about half... Continue Reading →
Matosinhos Beach, Porto, Portugal We are about four days from going home. It has been a great trip, but I have hit a wall of tiredness that my husband doesn’t feel, so I am hanging out in our temporary home alone. I know that it is natural to want to see as much of the... Continue Reading →
Daily writing promptWhat does "having it all" mean to you? Is it attainable?View all responses What is considered all for me may be different from how my husband defines all. For instance, we are traveling right now, and in Vienna and Budapest, I was content with two attractions a day with a day of rest... Continue Reading →
Today, our last full day in Vienna, we visited the Schoenbrunn Palace and gardens. Because we were early, Douglas and I toured the gardens before meeting the tour group. We went to the Palm House, and I didn’t notice a step down, I fell and chipped a tooth, bit the inside of my lip, and... Continue Reading →
Porto, Portugal 2023 It's time to travel! School is done, and with graduation over, I am ready to board planes and fly off to places not yet seen and a few places we go every year. Last year, I chose the European cities we visited before flying to Portugal to be with family. We went... Continue Reading →
Porto, Portugal! We will see you soon! Yahoo! I am almost done! I hate not writing on my blog, but I am at an age where I can't do all-nighters for papers. With the Easter holidays, being a minister means a lot of time spent at church during Holy Week, as I put the things... Continue Reading →
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