The Lowdown on Washington’s HWY 101

August 21, 2018.Reading time 11 minutes.

The northern most portion of HWY 101 is one of the most scenic and tranquil road trips you can drive in the U.S.

The Des Moines Farmers Market is the BOMB!

July 31, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

If you do one things this summer, or next, plan to visit this enormous farmers market …

The Sea of Cortez

December 20, 2017.Reading time 2 minutes.

What’s a beach girl to do when she’s landlocked?

Run the Milwaukee Riverwalk

September 14, 2017.Reading time 3 minutes.

Believe it or not, this is one of the best Midwest cities to run along a waterfront …

My Favorite Part of Lake Michigan

July 23, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

St. Joseph, Michigan — a great place for a landlocked beach girl to spend time …

Best Darn Water Park in the Midwest

July 16, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Beat the heat at Splashin’ Safari (and ride a roller coaster at Holiday World) …

You don’t really think wickedness is evil, do you?

I think it’s time we all give the Wicked Witch of the West a break. I mean it’s plausible that the poor thing began her days with good intention only to have her deeds turn sour … and there is, is there not, a distinct difference between unintentional harm and purposeful, decisive damage—like when you […]

Stay Gold Ponyboy (and grab the bull by the horns)

“Natures first green is gold, Her hardest hue to old. Her early leaf’s a flower, But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf, So Eden sank to grief. So dawn goes down today, Nothing gold can stay.” ~ Robert Frost I memorized this poem the first time I ever heard it … I was probably 12 or 13 but I […]

How to get over being lonely—hint, rum helps.

You ever get that feeling that you’re all alone in the world—not literally, unless, that is, you live on some remote island where you really are all alone minus a few sand crabs and, if you’re lucky, a long lost barrel of hidden pirate’s rum. The kind of alone I’m referring to is the kind […]