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Sell the Jewels, Take the Trip
My motto: Sell the jewels, take the trip! In 2018 I had a banner year–I lost my father to cancer, my best friend to suicide, and my marriage to infidelity. I didn’t know what to do to keep my head above water, so I decided to plan an epic bucket list trip for myself, my teenagers, and my niece. I spent so many nights dreaming of sleeping in castles and taking the ultimate luxury train through the mountains, that I…
Lusquiver, Yumtober, Sunshiftmania… Traveling and The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
I live in “lusquiver.” No it’s not a town in New England you have never heard of, nor is it a kingdom springing from a fairy tale. It’s a word I stumbled upon in my current favorite book, The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows. “Lusquiver” is defined as “caught in the monotonous drudgery of life, as mediocrity weaves itself into the fabric of the everyday, the soul aches for an escape, yearning to shed the weight of the drearily familiar and…
