April 22, 2023 7 things we learned at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello When you think of Thomas Jefferson, what springs to your mind? I must admit, my most immediate reference is the way he is portrayed…
April 19, 2023 I finally got the scruffy little dog of my childhood dreams When I was a child, I longed to have a dog just like Benji for my very own. We never had dogs growing up…
April 17, 2023 Guilty pleasures: why I love celebrity memoirs Why are so many of us fascinated by celebrities? Movie stars and musicians are often just regular people like us who happened to get…
April 15, 2023 The Pez dispenser is almost 100 years old Do you remember eating Pez candy out of a flip-top dispenser as a kid? I do. I mostly preferred English candy as a child…
April 12, 2023 We love the Virginias – both West and the original version Have you ever noticed that North and South Carolina seem to go together like sisters, but Virginia and West Virginia appear to have nothing…
April 10, 2023 Visit the stunning river of glass at Ariel Foundation Park Have you visited the Ariel Foundation Park in Mount Vernon? I first blogged about wanting to go there back in 2021 on one of…
April 8, 2023 Have you ever heard of a banana leaf feast? I had a super cool cultural experience last week. Even though my feet never left Ohio, I felt as though I journeyed to a…
April 5, 2023 Does your family love road trips and side quests? Our family takes a lot of vacations. We typically travel by air, but once in a while, we take a road trip. I personally…
April 3, 2023 Walking with a seeing-eye dog changed my life I have been a cat person all my life and a dog person since about my mid-20s. I was afraid of dogs for many…
April 1, 2023 5 reasons why I still wear Lularoe in 2023 Do you remember back in 2016-17 when everyone went crazy over Lularoe leggings? Yeah, me neither. It’s totally embarrassing to admit I ever wore…
