Roe v Wade was re-decided Friday, June 24th. And in a blink of an eye my mission to normalize aging for women was rendered inane. How can that happen? How […]
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Last week I espoused the perks (some obvious, some not) of solo traveling. For those of you who missed it, you can catch it here – 5 Reasons I Solo […]
Back home now after almost five weeks abroad, I ponder the pros and cons of solo travel. In full transparency, I did not spend the entire 33 days alone. As […]
“A coincidence is a surprising concurrence of events, perceived as meaningfully related, with no apparent causal connection.” Whether you are someone who claims “There are no coincidences”, or someone who […]
A couple of days into the solo travel part of my most recent trip, I was a bit off. After being away for more than 15 days, I was experiencing […]
As I sat at the Florence, Italy airport waiting patiently for the employees of Iberia to show up to work last Sunday morning, I found myself filling up with all […]
I find myself sometimes muttering, literally out loud and often just within my own head; “This isn’t the time to get tired, Jacqueline!” I don’t remember ever really saying anything […]
Months ago I was sitting on our screened-in porch with my two cats. This pair arrived in my life right before my son’s fifth birthday. Aidan, my son, is now […]
This entire past week I’ve been living inside the pages of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. For those of you unfamiliar with the novel, the book combines magic, mysticism, wonder, and […]
A couple of days ago, I spent two early morning hours getting on an airplane. I have mixed feelings about the appropriate amount of time one needs to allocate to […]