My Carpe Diem Life

This is my entry for  GISHWHES  Item #117: Gishwhes has conquered the Great Wall, South American waterfalls, the Champs-Élysées, and even S...

.. you're in Minneapolis for the Aquatennial fireworks! Last night I saw the most spectacular display of fireworks ever. Touted as o...

When I moved out here to Minnesota, one of the questions I pondered was: How long will it take for me to make friends? I had these grand ...

This weekend has been another one of exploring the many parks and lakes and beautiful Minnesota scenery. The highlight of my week, however, ...

One of my resolutions for 2016 was to write a weekly blog post about what makes me happy, and though I haven't had 100% success, I'v...

I really can't express how much I love the beautiful weekends I've been enjoying, both last weekend in Colorado and this weekend, ba...

My friend, Linda, died last week after a 5 year battle with cancer. I didn't write a blog post last week because it seemed inappropri...

I've been using this blog as a way to record my little experiments in happiness. It's been especially interesting for me to be awa...

This week, my "earth angel" - a relative stranger who was kind and generous to me - was Connie Carrino, the sister of my friend, C...

When I arrived in Eden Prairie last week, I was happily surprised at how beautiful the home was of the airbnb that I was staying at. A you...