Today I am celebrating my 40th birthday. Last year I wrote a post reflecting on my life but this year I thought I would do something a bit different and flash forward 40 years to invision what life looks like from 80. Today I turn 80 years old and looking back I realize I have […]
Do the work
Rule of thumb: The more important a call to action is to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it. ~ Steven Pressfield, Do the Work Resistance. As an independent-thinking woman, the word is not necessarily a negative one for me. Resisting a one-size-fits-all status quo is sorta my thing, don’t […]
Your ideal life strategy
When you hit a nerve, you can feel it. Recently I wrote about a serendipitous kind of day where we made fantastic circular connections and celebrated all that is good about the kind life we have chosen. The day was the result of following our “ideal life strategy” - though this was the first time […]
Are we speaking the same language?
“England and America are two countries separated by a common language.” ~ George Bernard Shaw We were so excited to get to England. After six months in South America, we realized how much our trip was impacted by not being fluent in Spanish. We missed the little things (and some big things) by not completely […]
Wanderlust in Windsor
A few “firsts” from England
We are adjusting to the linguistic challenges of speaking the same language as the Mother Country after more than two centuries apart. Our new favorite exclamation is “brilliant!” and we have learned to ask for the “loo” if we want to find a bathroom in a hurry. But perhaps our favorite part of the adventure […]

