Most years, I do a purge of all of my things, but this year I decided to ramp it up and try to get down to the bare bones. I am doing a pret...

You know how we all have jobs that are not that hard but that we just hate doing? I have a few for sure! For some of the ones I have, it wou...

Alaska has been on my list for years; it is wild and untamed. It is dark and cold. It is  full of large creatures. It has very few roads. It...

Now that summer is officially underway, I thought this would be a great time to talk about what summer means to us all. I have written befor...

The first time I traveled abroad, I went equipped with several hundreds of dollars worth of traveler's checks. In case you have no idea ...

The year is half over now and it is time for another book check in! Since I posted in February about the handful of good books that I had r...

And that is the second quarter of the year, over already! As you know,  earlier this year I talked about doing some purging  and since we ar...

You know you are getting older when you start reminiscing about the "good old days" or how kids have it so much better than we did...

In the spirit of some of my blogger friends, I will call this Five Things Tuesday, the road trip version! Since I had an extra day off, I dr...

Earlier this year I did a list of gadgets that I use all the time and I thought it was time for another one! Here are a few more things tha...

As I mentioned last week, Memorial Day weekend normally kicks off "summer" in these parts. It means we can start swimming a little...

Happy Memorial Day! This weekend kicks off the "official" backpacking season for me each year, so I thought I would finally post a...

I heard a phrase the other day that reminded me of my Grandad; he used to have a lot of these phrases he would throw out and this one really...

I recently listened to the book Food, A Love Story by the comedian Jim Gaffigan where he talks about his relationship with food. I don'...

Picking a favorite month is like picking a favorite travel destination, or a favorite child (not that anyone would ever do admit to that!) ...