Your Nautical and Coffee Obsessed Best Friend: From Travel to Fashion and Everything in between
"I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky; and all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by." ~ John Masefield Back to Camden I go Last fall when I did my Maine road trip I stumbled upon not only the gem that [...]
"I love the beach. I love the sea. All my life I live within - in front of the sea." ~ Rafael Nadal Beachhood Memories I feel like these are the dawg days of summer as we fast approach September, heck they might have even already past us by with the chilly temps we have [...]
"Whether I'm in a ball gown or a pair of jeans, it's not about me or what I'm wearing; it's about what I can be doing to support and empower others going forward." ~ Louise Linton WFH Fashion There is a meme going around that said writers have prepared for social distancing and self isolation [...]
"The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach." ~ Henry Beston Cape Elizabeth I have written extensively about my love affair with the Maine Coast. I could go on and on until I bore [...]
"You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean." ~ Oprah Winfrey Secretly A Mermaid If you read this blog or follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you KNOW I am a secretly a mermaid. I mean the Little Mermaid could have been written about [...]
"We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won't need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don't fire cannons to call attention to their shining - they just shine." ~ Dwight L. Moody Saturday Morning After going for a run and seeing if my Mom needed anything, I went to [...]
"Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Last weekend, I flew home to New Hampshire for a quick trip. I had a doctor's appointment and I was planning to finish up Christmas shopping as well as help my Mom wrap. Unfortunately, [...]
"Good-byes are hard, but life is about changes." ~ Patty Loveless Unofficial End of Summer It is hard to believe that here in the US the official unofficial end to Summer has arrived: Labor Day. For me it ended a few days early, when I headed back to New York on Wednesday, bidding adieu to [...]
"Cherish sunsets, wild creatures and wild places. Have a love affair with the wonder and beauty of the earth." ~ Stewart Udall Early Mornings Sunday dawned with heavy fog and a light mist, which ended up being both good and bad. Tiffany and I were suppose to drive up Cadillac Mountain to see the sunrise. [...]
"My favorite place to vacation is anyplace by the ocean." ~ Nina Arianda Blue Hill My friend had an appointment early Saturday morning that she couldn't change in Blue Hill. It isn't on MDI, but is still a coastal town. While she went off to her appointment I went exploring. There was a race going [...]