April 24, 2023 My first six months with Trevor Project: what I’ve learned More than one year ago, I set my sights on becoming a Trevor Project volunteer. In February of 2022, I blogged about my college…
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 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 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 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…
March 29, 2023 People are wild about white squirrels Have you ever seen a white squirrel in the wild? I’m a fan of squirrels of all kinds. Even the ordinary, grey kind are…
March 20, 2023 How to find our favorite fabulous crystal shops in central Florida Some people visit Florida for the crystal-clear ocean and sparkling crystal-sugar sands. We like those, too – but we are also big fans of…
March 4, 2023 The best books we’ve read this year Like most writers, I love to read. I love to read fiction as an escape, a pleasurable form of relaxation, an act of self-care…
February 22, 2023 Which Hawaiian island is better: Maui or Kauai? We love the Hawaiian islands. The islands of Aloha are like nothing else you can experience in this country – or perhaps anywhere in…
February 8, 2023 How I fell in love with knolling Knolling. Even the word itself is delicious. Have you heard of knolling? It is the word for aesthetically organizing things in a pretty pattern…