This has been on my bucket list for a long long time, and I got the opportunity to see them while with Stephanie and Avry for Mothers Day!...

I have been working glass on a torch for a while now, but one thing that has eluded me was how to blow bubbles.  So, when I saw that Josh...

After going to a total of three weeks of art camp this past summer, all of which were devoted to flameworking, I came home and bought a...

Now that I have been at Penland School of Crafts, I feel kind of embarrassed for how I ended up there. In early 2023, I was thinking...

WOW This place is straight out of National Geographic. Every turn we took, we saw ANOTHER picture perfect beach. To get to the Virgin...

I have not traveled as much since Covid, and I really wanted to take a trip – so I looked at the National Parks that I have NOT been to...

Most of this blog is for crafting or travels to National Parks, but this part of San Juan is just so cool, that I want to share some...

Ever since I started my monthly class quest, I have been wanting to take a class at Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point. I finally got my...

I have given myself this goal of taking a class at least once a month, or at least learning a new thing. In March, I DID do the paper...

This was part of a longer road trip with two of my kids. Neither of them had ever been at Cuyahoga before. We only had a few hours, so...

I had never been to Bond Falls in Ottawa National Forest and its only a short drive from my sibling's cabin, so off we went! What a treat!

Ok, I've been here a gazillion times, as my dad had a cabin here, and now several siblings do, but its always beautiful!

While in southern Arizona, my kids and I visited the Titan Missile Museum just south of Tucson. This place looks like almost nothing...

Two of my kids and I were getting stir crazy and decided to go to Arizona for a few days. We picked the wrong time of the year to go –...

My oldest daughter is an artist. I don’t mean just someone that likes to do art. I mean, she creates art for a living, and has a...

The Heritage Village of the Southern Finger Lakes is a great small living history museum in Corning, New York. I am trying to take a...

Although an incredibly impressive falls, powerful and beautiful, the surrounding area put a huge damper on my enjoyment of the falls. ...

This blog has been dedicated to my quest to visit a NPS property in every state, but with COVID, my travelling has been DRASTICALLY...

My sister recently lost her phone while hiking solo, and the ensuing adventure brought to light several ideas for solo travelers, to help...

I have visited a fair number of National Park Service properties in 48 states, and occasionally, I will run into a property that has...