I have a confession to make. I've been suffering from a chronic case of blog paralysis. When I first started blogging back around 2005, I was doing it as a way to keep friends and family up to date on what my son and I were up to while we were living in England. That... Continue Reading →
In order to succeed, sometimes you have to lower the bar. I've always expected a lot from myself. All throughout school I did well academically, and in high school and college I did well competing in track and cross country, too. As an adult, I continued to have high expectations for myself in all areas... Continue Reading →
Two of my favorite things are travel and stories. The wonderful thing about both is they can take place anywhere, any time, and be either infinitesimally short or lifetimes long. Travel in and of itself is a story waiting to be told. For me, travel takes place not only physically but mentally and spiritually as well.... Continue Reading →
Most Wednesday nights find me in the arms of man after man after man... in ballroom dance class that is - west coast swing, specifically. Not long ago a more experienced dancer told me I followed well. I was thrilled! I also had to laugh because until recently, following wasn't exactly my thing. In fact,... Continue Reading →
The summers of my childhood were spent splashing happily away in my grandmother's pool with my cousins, who spent summer and Christmas vacations with our grandmother, Audrey. I'm an only child and my cousins were the brothers I never had. We passed the deliciously long, leisurely days of summer working up an appetite for the... Continue Reading →
Holly Layman: Writer and Editor 