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Writing means sharing your experience of the world with others. Writing well requires cultivating the habits of being fully engaged with your…

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!  Also the most expensive.  And the busiest.  But with a little strategy, you can…

Happy New Year!  Now that Christmas is over, it’s time to recharge my fitness activities.  So I’ve been thinking about what works,…

If I could give you just one packing tip, it would be this:  Plan around your shoes.  You will see more, do…

You never really know quite what to expect when you return home from travel, but when I came back to my parents’…

I was so looking forward to the days when I could spend my time alternating between travelling and writing at home, free…

I love snow days.  I hate snow, but I love snow days.  They’re one of the only socially sanctioned times to step…

“What is luxury?” is an exhibit that opens today at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and a question I’ve pondered more and…

The straight-backed wooden bench felt smooth as I slid into my favorite time and place—the 18th century brought to Brigadoon-esque life in…

This post in my series on writing well covers how to use nouns and pronouns. As we all should remember from grammar…

Good writing is active, and verbs are the primary words that convey action, making the verb(s) the most important word(s) in almost…