Name: Ruya Kirac Blog Reviewed: Sweet, Short & Stylish Her favourite post: http://www.sweetshortandstylish.com/2015/07/grid-dress.html Established in 2013, Roya’s blog isn’t just a hobby; it literally changed the course of her life, as she explains on her “About” page: “I decided to start a blog as a creative outlet where I can talk about all the things… Read More Blog Review: ‘Sweet, Short & Stylish’ by Ruya Kirac
Name: Glaiza Villanueva-De Leon Blog Reviewed: Oh My Glai: Discoveries In & Out of Home Her favourite post: http://ohmyglai.com/2015/01/05/diy-do-interview-yourself/ When you find a bright ray of sunshine in a world that can often be dark and dreary, you tend to cling to it. Glaiza Villanueva-De Leon has brought such a ray of light into her… Read More Blog Review: ‘Oh My Glai’ by Glaiza Villanueva-De Leon
Name: Nathalie Grogan Blog Reviewed: A Wanderlust Dossier: A Chronicle of Our Beautiful World Her favourite post: https://wanderlustdossier.wordpress.com/2014/01/03/christmas-markets-of-france-and-germany-and-austria/ Some people have the great opportunity of working abroad and thankfully, a small part of these people take the time to share their experiences through a blog. This is what Nathalie Grogan does with her blog, “A… Read More Blog Review: ‘A Wanderlust Dossier’ by Nathalie Grogan
One would think that, after what happened last month (here, here, then here—yes, it’s that long of a story, and yes, it’s well worth the read), I wouldn’t be thinking already of traveling again for a long time. But what do you want; the heart wants what the heart wants (and also, my friends won’t… Read More What Traveling Through a Tornado Reminded Me Of and What it Taught Me
Part I is here; Part II is here. With yet another flight cancelled because of the tornado, my husband and I go back in line, thankfully a little rested and only for a little less than an hour. It’s now morning on Sunday 27 December, around 7am Central Time; we have only a couple of… Read More When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado Style (Part III of III)
You would think that, having been asked to board so quickly after we had deplaned, that everything had been checked up on, that the tornado had abated, and we would be ready to take-off. Unfortunately, we had to face what has got to be the most hilarious obstacle of our trip yet: we were told… Read More When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado Style (Part II of III)
Guys… This is not the kind of post you are used to reading on this blog. But something happened to me recently that I just had to share and yes, it involves a real-life tornado. Of course this situation lent itself to a lot of reflections that I will also be sharing, but I can’t… Read More When The Best Laid Plans Go Completely Wrong, Tornado Style (Part I of III)
My husband and I spent a few years in Israel, and so were immediately attracted to this book, a recommendation made at our local library’s Tuesday Night Library Nights event. Borna finished it first and liked it so much that it got bumped up on my TBR list! His review is short so I won’t… Read More Borna’s Monthly Book Review: ‘Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City’, by Guy Delisle
There seems to be an ever-increasing awareness that the world as we currently know it is falling apart. There also seems to be an ever-increasing number of individuals who are channeling their energies into finding solutions. It is very exciting, as the more people are involved in the process of building a new, better world,… Read More Big Problems, Big Solutions: Not Always
I recently wrote a post in which I reflected on how empowering it is for a woman to realize that their desire to go to all ends to be beautiful, even if it does mean going through extremes, might have to do with an inherent, general desire to create beauty. Isn’t it so much nicer… Read More A Moderate Approach to Become Extremely Beautiful