Trips to enjoy versus trips to endure My hope when I retired is that I would never have to fly again. Without the constraints of limited vacation time, I could drive or take a train if I wanted to see the people I love who live all the way across the country.  Between hitting the…

Play date with the sibs and niblings I used to say I was really a little old lady trapped in a 50-something body. I was a homebody. I drove the speed limit. I was curmudgeonly. Get off my lawn already, will ya? Then, a few months after I left my husband, I rediscovered my inner…

I finally found a cup of coffee big enough for me in Kremmling, Colorado. Almost seven years ago, my ex took this same photo of me. Same place, same pose. I’m different now. Lighter in both body and spirit. It’s the spirit part that makes me the happiest. I also had time to stop in…