conversations about the open road of adventure.

there are a lot of really great & interesting people where i work. and they come in all shapes, sizes,…

a sunday just the way i like it.

now, i’m ready for another week of adventures & fun in the states! happy new week to you all! peace…

lucky number 13.

a clean slate. a fresh start. new adventures waiting in the wings. opportunities for travel. and a chance once again…

belovelive photo challenge: over & out.

it’s over. back in the end of november i decided to create my own photo challenge, inspired by december holidays…

reynolds shenanigans: post christmas fun.

wishing you a wonderful new year’s eve! soak up those last few moments of 2012, and get ready to ring…

reynolds shenanigans: loose in asheville.

12 bones: popular hometown diner in asheville. obama eats here every time he’s in asheville. my sis-in-laws studio in the…

the girl with the crown of candles.

no. it wasn’t light outside at 7am. far from it actually. it was pitch dark and -6 degrees (F). there…

edith & her fight.

42 years. that’s how long edith windsor (in the pic above) & her soulmate, thea, were together. sadly, they are…

a little belovelive thank you.

it’s saturday night. i’ve got blankets piled up on me because it’s about 1 degree (fahrenheit) outside tonight. there’s a…

it was just an ordinary meal.

last night lina & i sat at our dinner table at home. it was a regular dinner on a regular…

one intensively awesome weekend.

friday. saturday. sunday. first weekend in december… check. cooking. baking. snow. the theater. family visitors. friends. open house. thanksgiving. more…

gratitude 30: week 3. (the holiday edition)

happy thanksgiving!!! it just so happened that my weekly gratitude 30 photo challenge post fell on thursdays. and you know…

what gets me through.

there is some bad stuff out there. stuff that hurts. that’s confusing. that’s scary. stuff that’s painful. and heartbreaking. and it’s…

i had a big ole blast down south.

i know. it’s been a almost a week since i’ve gotten back from my road trip to southern sweden for…

i pulled an all-nighter.

i’m still in shock. i’m amazed. excited. overwhelmed. and so. very. thankful. oh yeah, and tired. hehe. i’m thankful that…

don’t let them slip away.

i love dreamcatchers. i don’t have one, but as soon as i am back in north carolina, i’m headed to…

time to get cultured.

here i am sitting on my sofa, sipping on a glass of wine, with about five blog posts swirling around…

ho hum. just another pic in the paper.

you got it. i’ve got another one of my pics published in a newspaper. no big deal. this is just…

broken lives & blogging.

i have a good life. no. a great life. sometimes i wonder, though, how everything appears from the perspective of…

i don’t know why you say goodbye, i say hello. 4.0

well, i’ve come to my last post on our trip to ireland. it was an amazing, wonderful, mind-blowingly fanatsic 5…

time for a wedding & a party! 3.2

i cannot even begin to express in words the gratitude and honor that i feel because i was able to…

polar music & patti smith.

it all started with the morning news. i was doing something in the apartment, and just letting the swedish language…

today is my ex-pat birthday.

it’s the scary choices that end up being the most worthwhile.    ~ melissa joy kong two years ago today,…

the august festival.

every year, as a sort of celebration of summer & all things fun, norrköping holds it’s augustifesten (the august festival)…