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Tennessee State Park Tour | Cedars of Lebanon
January 7, 2021
I was eight months pregnant and desperate to get out of the house. By early September, we were on month six of the new socially-distanced normal; summer had come and gone with no brunches, pool
Christmas on Display in Downtown Nashville
December 21, 2020
2020 has inarguably been a dumpster fire of a year. Social gatherings have ground to a halt; holidays and celebrations have been upended; vacations never even got so far as being planned. As we’ve approached
Trekking Peru, Part 3 | Majestic Machu Picchu
November 12, 2020
When I began writing about this Peruvian adventure last month [blogging delay due to newborn!], I had just finished Mark Adams’ travelogue on his own experience with the ancient Incan city. Living currently in a
Trekking Peru, Part 2 | Lost in the Andes
October 13, 2020
“The lost city in the clouds” – that’s a description you’ll often hear for Machu Picchu. At 7,972 feet above sea level, it’s lower than the historic Imperial city of Cusco (at 11,152 feet) but
Trekking Peru, Part 1 | Entering the Sacred Valley
October 5, 2020
At the tail end of our Grand Travel Adventure of 2014, we did a four day-three night trek through Peru’s Sacred Valley, a region of the Andes once home to Incan civilization. Today, it’s where
Recommended Read | Turn Right at Machu Picchu by Mark Adams
October 1, 2020
I have an obsession (especially recently) with travel writing, but I’ve never been able to decide if I prefer reading about a destination before I visit or after. One way brings the thrill of anticipation
Tennessee State Park Tour | Montgomery Bell
September 22, 2020
Some parks have great hiking; some have fascinating history; and some just have awesome amenities. Several years ago, we visited Montgomery Bell State Park for a Valentine’s Weekend getaway, one of the many special “vacation
Recommended Read | Small Animals by Kim Brooks
September 8, 2020
I checked out Kim Brooks’ Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear based on the recommendation of another parent librarian. One hears stories of parents who were cited, fined, or even arrested for such
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