EXPLORING THE MAGICAL AND THE MUNDANE


  • Cruise Day 1 Embarking

    Day 1 is all about anticipation.  Anticipation and lots of lines.  You line up to produce your boarding pass and get checked in.  Even before that, you line up to hand over your luggage.  After they’ve insured that you are who you say you are and hand you your boarding card,  you line up to…


  • There and Back Again

    It’s the Holidays!  What can I say?  I had plans to transcribe my journal and post lots of travel details.  BUT…   We got back from our lovely cruise and had Christmas Cards waiting for us.  That made me crack the whip and get going as you can imagine.   It’a a peaceful, rainy Sunday…


  • Packing Like A Diva

    Since our ship embarks in the Port of San Francisco, it is within driving distance.  And… since we are, indeed, driving down on Monday,  I had no weight restrictions when it came to filling up my luggage. My really large suitcase has wheels.  My really large suitcase also has an expanding zipper.   I know,…


  • ONE WEEK!

    Wow. It’s time. Well, nearly. One week from today, Mr. Al and I shall be heading down to San Francisco to hook up with our Princess Cruise Ship. Yup! We are cruising to Hawaii. Fifteen days of cruising. Fifteen days of idleness. Necessary idleness and I feel that I’ve earned it. I’ve published two books.…


  • I can be a tad of a gusher, especially when I’ve got something to gush about. And so, here’s my latest enthusiastic gush about Dressing Your Truth. I’m having so much fun with all this. What is Dressing Your Truth? It’s a program that teaches you how to project the inner you into the outer…