Note: This blog is part of a series on a recent bicycle tour across Austria, along the Danube. To read from the beginning, click here. Our group of 16 on the bike tour across Austria was made up of
Adventures
The Trip of a Lifetime
Note: This blog is part of a series on a recent bicycle tour across Austria, along the Danube. It’s been almost 10 days since I returned home from the trip of a lifetime in Europe. I want to tell you
Breaking. Bad. (Part 2)
Note: This is the second of two parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Grateful that Jacques had not split his head open and died, I ran to him. He was attempting to stand. “Lie down,” I
Breaking. Bad. (Part 1)
Note: This is the first of two parts. Jacques—the guy I met while online dating a year ago—has learned how to walk again. Except for some residual pain he will likely feel for many months, he is
Going Home to Florida
Note: This is the third of three parts. Click here to read from the beginning. The sun rose behind me as I drove west to Sanibel from my brother’s house in Vero Beach, Florida. I enjoyed watching
Family, Sun, and Solitude
Note: This is the second of three parts. Click here to read from the beginning. I spent two weeks in Florida this March, experiencing a nice blend of family and solitude.
Airbnb Let Me Down
Note: This is the second of two parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Airbnb let me down without question in regard to my hellish experience with a host in Vermont a month ago. It took
The Airbnb from Hell
Note: This is the first of two parts. Sometimes you meet a person who is so absolutely crazy, you have to sound an alarm to warn others. In this case, it will be difficult to do without expletives,
Florida Adventure: Coming Right Up
Note: This is the first of three parts. You may have heard me talk about wanting to do a road trip across the country after I publish my next book. My idea is that I will take my memoir, Divine
Highlights of Sanibel
Note: This is the second of two parts. Click here to read from the beginning. Shelling is always a favorite pastime of mine on Sanibel. There are literally millions of shells on the beaches, and