Done Hibernating

Dictionary.com defines hibernating as “passing the winter in a sleeping or inactive condition”.  While this usually pertains to plants and animals it is an apt description of my blogging behavior during the past several months.  I broke one of the cardinal rules of a successful blogger  – post high quality content consistently. This hibernation was […]

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Five Things I Learned While Paddling a Kayak

Paddling a kayak through Lowcountry creeks, rivers and estuaries is an experience to be savored. It is an experience ripe with expectation and anticipation of seeing nature in action. To me, the chance to paddle through a pod of dolphin and coming eye to eye with these magnificent mammals, to experience the peaceful quiet of […]

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Moving Day

On this day 17 years ago, I was consumed with loss and everything being left behind. I faced the future with dread. Little of my emotion was focused on the excitement of exploration and the new experiences that lay ahead.  You can read more about this in my previous post Relocate, Reinvent, Reroot, Rebloom, Relax! Today […]

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The Fourth Decade

Originally posted on Amanda Mininger:
One of my closest friends turned 40 today. I’ve been thinking about this one, trying to figure out why we put this much significance on a birthday, why we decorate this particular mile marker with lights and flowers and well-meaning phrases full of pith, borrowed from antiquity or Sex in…

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Ten Things of Thankful #2

Last week I was occupied with making preparations for overnight guests and my husband’s fraternity reunion.  The flurry of activity included meal preparation, yard work and housecleaning along with self-induced pressure to begin and complete paint projects.  As I am prone to do, I found myself obsessing about getting every detail just “perfect” while becoming more and more stressed and less and less […]

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Ten Things of Thankful #1

I recently came across a remarkable blog, Considerings, committed to making the world a more positive place.  And I believe we could definitely use a lot more positive in our lives! I have decided to participate in the Ten Things of Thankful project they have encouraged.  Taking the time each week to reflect on the good […]

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Savannah’s Inspired Shops

This past weekend I had the pleasure of spending the afternoon with good friends partaking in a holiday jaunt to Savannah. (Felicity note: I live in Beaufort County which is centrally located between Charleston and Savannah and depending where you reside it can take as little as thirty minutes and at most an hour to make […]

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