Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt April Already? Oy vey! How are we in April already? Time is flying by guys! I know, I know I sound like a [...]
"The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it." ~ Hubert H. Humphrey Slow and steady wins the race right? Months ago (starting back in the spring maybe? yikes!) I was honored to be nominated for numerous blogging awards by some amazing bloggers. And while it has taken a long, long, LONG [...]
"I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination." ~ Jimmy Dean Cha-Cha-Changes Change while at times can be incredibly scary is something I tend to embrace and welcome. With the changing of seasons and whether, I tend to look at it as new beginnings. [...]
"The greatness of a community is most accurately measured by the compassionate actions of its members." ~ Coretta Scott King THANK YOU JAMIE! I was generously nominated by the incredible Jamie at Don't Give A Jam for not one, but TWO awards! Since life has been insane, I haven't gotten around to doing them until [...]
Hello Dear Readers! I know! I know! I have been radio silent and just a tad (okay a lot!) flighty about posting, commenting, responding and just all around communication. Feel free to break-up with me, because I have been slacking in the most important part of a relationship! But I swear! I pinky promise! I [...]
"Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself." Octavia E. Butler Struggling It seems like every quote I come across lately has spoken to my soul and this one in particular is yelling, I have been struggling something fierce the last few months. To be honest, I wasn't sure if I could [...]
"Never give up. And most importantly, be true to yourself. Write from your heart, in your own voice, and about what you believe in." ~ Louise Brown Ten Years First, Holy Expletive! Ten years! Ten years I have put myself through this torture. Ten years of word sprints, hundreds upon thousands of words, (over five [...]
"We have all known the long loneliness, and we have found that the answer is community." ~ Dorothy Day The Pro's There is a simple reason why social media is a billionaire dollar industry, it has made a vast world seem so much smaller with just a click of a button. From the days of [...]
"They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself." ~ Andy Warhol Cha-Cha-Changes Fall has always been a season to mark big changes for me. From taking social media breaks to switching up my look, starting classes to attempting a new hobby more so then any other time in the [...]
"When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there." ~ Everett Dirksen In all the summer madness, I was sorely lacking in blogging! Thankfully now I can (hopefully) catch up with all you fabulous readers and bloggers [...]