by Melinda | Oct 23, 2013 | A Heavenly Country, He's Bigger than Me, Living Low, Thankfulness, Travel, Uncategorized
Our day, yesterday, was very “Roman.” We spent it with our new guide, Marina, who our good buddy Bernardo had arranged at the last minute, and she couldn’t have been nicer. Roman, herself, she was a fount of knowledge about the sites of her...
by Melinda | Oct 14, 2013 | Living Low, Thankfulness, Travel, Uncategorized
One of the things about Paris that I’ve always found so charming are the street markets. I’ve dreamed of roaming through the aisles of flowers and produce and meats, and watching the street artists painting au plein aire. While yesterday was still a...
by Melinda | Oct 13, 2013 | Claim to Fame, He's Bigger than Me, Living Low, Travel
We woke up yesterday, and decided that we would go visit Chateau de Versailles, the famous palace of the French Kings. The gal at the front desk said it was a 45 minute train ride from the Eiffel Tower, so we got ourselves down there and settled in on the RER train....
by Melinda | Oct 8, 2013 | All Together Now, Living Low, Living the God Life, Reaching Out
I used to wonder why some people referred to gossip as “dish.” Now I think it’s probably because gossip is the act of serving up what so many find delicious: the inside scoop on someone else. What they said. What they did. How they look. Their...
by Melinda | Oct 7, 2013 | A Heavenly Country, Legacy, Living Low, Thankfulness, Travel
Alphabet soup. It’s what is filling my head right now. Lists and more lists. Letters upon letters across a page, running together like a fine stew; the more I think, the more I stir the pot. My favorite part of the trip preparation process is when I get...
by Melinda | Oct 3, 2013 | Home on the Range, Living Low, Living the God Life, Random Musings, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
(If you are an arachniphob, I apologize in advance. But read anyway!) It started with my husband’s fascination with the garden spider. There was one in the front flower bed that he made sure no one bothered because “they are GOOD spiders.” So,...