A BIG thank you!

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who purchased raffle tickets for Passports With Purpose. With your help we raised $7,420! I should know soon who won the Flip Ultra and am looking forward to mailing it to the lucky winner. The Passports with …

Mondays are for dreaming: A trip around the blogosphere

I wanted to try something a little different with my last Monday dreaming post of the year. Instead of writing my own visions of a faraway place today I'm going to share the writing of some of my favorite travel bloggers who have been places I'd like …

Wheeee!

This is actually a Thanksgiving photo from Vermont, but since we are heading to Wisconsin today where there are feet of snow, I thought it was appropriate to post for today's Photo Friday at Delicious Baby. Please stop by there and check out the …

Happy Holidays!

I'm going to sign off for a couple of days to wrap gifts, address the rest of my Christmas cards, and make Swedish meatballs, oyster stew, and cinnamon rolls. But before I do, I want to wish each and every one of my readers a very happy holiday …

A change in plans

I posted early in December that for the first time since I started this blog, my family was going to go four or five weeks without any travel by any member. I talked in what I hope were poetic terms about the journey of Advent and how I planned to …