Quitting my job to travel the world was one of the best decisions I ever made. There are a lot of people who say that, and all for a wide ra

To me, compassion is like a faceted gemstone, with multiple flat surfaces called ‘facets.”  Typically faceted stones have 58 facets, but it

I had been traveling for over 20 hours from Jacksonville, Florida, to Paris, when I finally arrived at the lobby of my hotel, the Sulley in

I was on my way home, among a crowd of music lovers.  I had my day backpack on my front of my body as a safety precaution, my cell phone in

My little room at Madam Donka’s hotel was a short walk to Le Bistrot, which turned out to be my favorite café/bar for 8 wonderful days in th

Sorry, it’s been a while since I’ve blogged. Truth is, I was very sick for a few months when I was in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The hospital doc

I first “met” Diann in the fall, when we were both students in an online course called Awakening to the Sage Within taught by Deborah Briggs

Anytime you are in an unfamiliar location, you experience challenge.    You wore the wrong shoes; your feet hurt.  You forgot your scarf; y

My flight from Jacksonville, FL to Dulles, the first leg of my trip to Beijing, was delayed 2 hours due to flight crew fatigue. "Weathe