I have had a couple of conversations the past week or so about sentimentality. There are lots of variations of being sentimental. Just having feelings of nostalgia and loving attachments to memories or things, is one thing. Having the desire or need (or perceived need) to hang onto physical ...

In the last days of October, I experimented with the concept of “having too much of a good thing.” The “test” was performed in Jamaica at an “all-inclusive resort.” We were with friends who belong to the vacation club which owns the place. The “too much of a good thing” phrase ...

Tomorrow is Halloween. It’s a time of ghosts, goblins, witches and all things scary. Many of us love it. I know people who say that Halloween is their favorite holiday. There are Halloween activities around the county that provide fun and scary moments. There are spook alleys, haunted ...

Some time back, a semi-truck traveling down Highway 89 caught my eye. It was a beer truck. In big logo lettering on the side of the huge van trailer, it read “Keystone Light.” Then in smaller, but still quite large, lettering were the words of a slogan, “Parties Happen.” That same day, ...

There’s something to be said for spontaneity. Being spontaneous, to me, means doing something without a lot of planning, or without any planning. The Oxford dictionary describes spontaneous behavior as “performed or occurring as a result of a sudden inner impulse or inclination and without ...

I wondered recently if “revenge travel” is still a thing. So, I did what I usually do when I wonder about something. I pressed the button on my phone (my mobile brain) and asked the question. Here’s the answer I got, “Yes, revenge travel is still a thing, though some say the trend is ...