Observations on people and life and the lessons we learn along the journey...
Christine Warren exudes energy. She’s fun and funny; she has a can-do attitude and has always been great at motivating people. I’ve known Christine since 7th grade, and we also attended college together (Go Tarheels!). She worked for years in marketing, then left the corporate world to pursue writing full-time. Her two books, Paddlefish, about …
The last time I was in a parade, I was five years old. It started raining, and my father jumped into the parade to shelter me with his umbrella. I got to march along in my little majorette outfit, oblivious to the rain. Happy memories of being in a Christmas parade, long ago. That was …
The other day when I was grocery shopping, there was a little boy running around in his Superman costume. He was having a ball fake-flying around, clutching his cape with chubby hands and making it lift in the air behind him. You couldn’t help but smile. And it made me think of my older son, …
Lexie Armstrong is bubbly and fun. She’s an easy conversationalist; you just like being around her. But the more you get to know her, the more fascinating she is. Lexie sought out playing polo because of her love of horses, and through that sport, she met her husband (a professional polo player). She’s an accomplished …
Years ago, our family took a trip to beautiful Blue Ridge, Georgia. One day, we rented two kayaks and a canoe to float down the Toccoa River. We found a little mom and pop operation for these rentals. The man at the store said it should take us about an hour and a half to …
The great American family road trip is a rite of passage. Here’s a fun scavenger hunt you can play to help pass the time and keep your sanity.
In the movie trailer for Yesterday, a struggling singer/songwriter wakes up to a world where no one remembers the Beatles. I don’t completely understand what happened that led to the eradication of all Beatles music. It looks like some world-wide power outage occurred and all computers lost all data. And I guess no one remembers …
When you wander off the beaten path, you discover the bliss of backroads.
The guy buckles me into the harness. This is really happening. Can I tell them to just put away my parachute? I look over at my son next to me. He is all grins. I look up at the sky. There are only two clouds. Behind me, the bright parachute billows. My heart is racing. …
There’s a magical place in northern Tanzania straight out of a National Geographic special. Here, the waters of Mt. Kilimanjaro flow through a hidden village. People can well this water and have it in their homes. Every plant and flower is medicinal. There are 35 different kinds of bananas. The villagers make your Arabica coffee from scratch, …