Alaska Adventures: Incredible Glacier Bay National Park (plus, whales!)
I spent my freshman year of college in Lincoln, Nebraska. Around Thanksgiving time, my friends started asking me if I was going …
Alaska Adventures: Scenic cruising and the Hubbard Glacier
Like visiting Alaska altogether, I initially felt ambivalent about the whole cruise thing. Having been on two previously–once as a kid and …
Alaska Adventures: Trouble takes a party bus to Whittier
After a couple days hanging out in a sliver of the Kenai Peninsula, Mr. T and I motored back to Anchorage to …
Alaska Adventures: Trail riding in Seward
As a city girl, I spend way too much time indoors and have never embraced many outdoorsy pursuits. One of my favorite aspects …
Nerdgasm: Honors at the International Communication Association convention
Accepting my Top Paper award from Janet Fulk at the International Communication Association Organizational Communication Division business meeting and feeling a bit …
The pursuit of perennial curb appeal
It started out so small, my idea. I was just going to carve out a little flower bed to protect our mailbox …
Be still my heart: (Insanely) Great grilled artichokes
Grilled artichokes and reduced fat kielbasa. Next time, I shall grill the sausage for much longer–needed more char to it. ‘Tis the …
The Daily Pixel: Snaps that make me smile
As I dressed for Zumba this morning, it occurred to me: It’s Wednesday. And I’m HOME. And I didn’t get up at …
The Daily Pixel: Life in the sky and on the ground
This morning, I peeked out from the covers and croaked, “Where’s the coffee?” to Mr. T who typically makes the Life Force …
48 hours in Germany: What I learned going abroad for the first time and reenacting Southwest Flight 812
One year ago today I woke up in the wee hours of the morning, putting a pause on the vivid mental images …