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An Autumn Bucket List Check-In
I’ve been hearing several folks ask the question “Where did October go?” and I’m right there with them. Here in southern New England, the end of summer seemed to come as quickly and finally as a departing train, waving goodbye until next year. Weather turned chilly, the garden began to fall asleep, and some of…
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An Autumn Day in New York & Proving Ourselves Wrong
I’ve spoken in this space about various things I love about travel, but there’s something else I love about it that I haven’t touched on yet: Travel often proves us wrong. I know this will sound shocking and maybe even downright blasphemous, but for years I had no interest in visiting NYC. Not only did…
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A Castle & A Handfasting: The Final Part of Our Time in the Cotswolds
Firstly, let me just say thank you thank you thank you to any and all who have taken the time to read through the bajillion parts of this humble little blog series. I had jotted notes into a tiny notebook during our trip and it was important to me to type them out and elaborate…
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Friendly Folks & Garden Plots: Part VI of Our Time in the Cotswolds
On our sixth full day in the Cotswolds, there was rain in the forecast for the first time during our trip (a boon, I’m told). Between that and attending an event in the evening that we didn’t want to be tuckered out for, we decided to use that day to savor Stow-on-the-Wold, as we would…
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Ancient Stones and Wool-Strewn Meadows: Part V of Our Time in the Cotswolds
Our fifth full day in the Cotswolds saw us beginning our morning at Stow Town Coffee, a tiny shop & roastery across the street from our cottage that’s known for providing the town with quality coffee. The shop is cozily nestled within an old limestone barn, so cozily that you order your coffee at the…
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Slow Travel & Slow Sunsets: Part IV of Our Time in the Cotswolds
One of the numerous reasons I love slow, relaxed, undemanding travel: It gives you plenty of room to be human. On our third full day in the Cotswolds, I was feeling a tad under the weather. Since we had decided to figure out the majority of our itinerary as we went, our spending another day…
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Footpaths & Rivers: Part III of Our Time in the Cotswolds
After a lovely, relaxed day exploring Stow-on-the-Wold, we decided our second full day in the Cotswolds would be spent hiking to three popular and picturesque villages. We enjoyed The Hive so much the previous morning that we returned for a hearty breakfast to fuel what would become an 8-ish mile hike. Andrew enjoyed ordering traditional…
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Jackdaws & Teatime: Part II of Our Time in the Cotswolds
When you and I were last traveling together through my recollections from a June trip to the Cotswolds, Andrew and I had just giddily concluded our first full day in that stunningly charming region. If you’d like to refresh your memory, or if you haven’t yet gotten a chance to give Part I a read,…
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A Summer Bucket List Check-In
As it always does, summer is leaving me dizzy in its haste. It seems only last week that I was working to check off my spring bucket list, and now the season of thunderstorms, lightning bugs, and humidity is almost halfway through. A Summer Bucket List Check-InWhat I’ve checked off thus far:-Visit and relish the…
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Remedying the Post Travel Blues
“Make sure you schedule things to look forward to upon your return.” This was the advice given to me by a dear, dear friend before Andrew and I embarked on our recent trip to the Cotswolds (If you haven’t yet, please feel free to check out Part I of my retelling of that trip). I…
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