Category Archives: travel

What’s the oldest thing you own that you still use daily? It’s a simple little book. It’s not an antique. It’s not even 50 years old. But it’s something I read out of every morning with my cup of coffee. It has comforted me. It has brought me insight into life. It has given meContinue reading “A Book”

Describe one of your favorite moments. Wow! This is a motivation for deep reflection. I’ve had many moments over a lifetime. Starting as a young child, a mime t that I sat in fear in the classroom knowing I had failed the exam, only to be handed back a paper with an A. The fearContinue reading “Moments in Time”

What notable things happened today? I just woke up! I guess that’s notable. The sun perked out for the first time in days. That’s notable. I live in sunny Florida and it’s rained and rained and rained for days. Streets are flooding. Ponds are flooding. So sun for the few moments I saw it wasContinue reading “Funny”

What are you passionate about? So many things to be passionate about when you are into living your life fully. But living life fully means there is chaos and confusion. How do you deal with that? That is my passion now. I love the peace where when I was younger I thrived on the chaos.Continue reading “Peace Amidst A Storm”

What is your favorite season of year? Why? I live in Florida so for those who know Florida, especially South Florida, its summer all year long. We may get a peak at spring or a touch of autumn, but mostly it’s summer. So I travel to places to see the four seasons but I liveContinue reading “Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall – I love Them All”

What’s the one luxury you can’t live without? I start my day in quiet contemplation sipping my coffee reflecting on gratitude. Yes gratitude for the many luxuries I have beginning with freedom. Many women in many countries do not have this freedom. I say a prayer for them. I say a prayer for the womenContinue reading “Quiet Contemplation with Coffee”

If humans had taglines, what would yours be? That’s my tagline today in the twilight of my years. I have had enough money, enough love, enough fun, enough good health to span a lifetime. Mind you that wasn’t always the case. There was a time when my tagline could have been, “I could have beenContinue reading “Life is Grand”

What are the most important things needed to live a good life? I think many people believe that if they had enough money all would be well with the world. However money doesn’t buy happiness. For example, you have a job. You love the work and you really like your coworkers. You are offered aContinue reading “It’s not money”

Who do you spend the most time with? I spend the most time with my husband, my friend, my travel companion and life partner. From the US to Europe to Africa, Asia and South America, we have embarked on a life of travel and exploration together. Luckily after spending so much time together and beingContinue reading “Spending Time”

If you had to change your name, what would your new name be? I started out life with the name Alyce who was born on December 12th. When I was school age the cutoff date was December 1st so my parents had a new birth certificate made up with the name Lisa born Novembet 12th.Continue reading “What is a name”