travel – Authensible Musings: Piercing the mundane of everyday life

One positive side effect of social media.

I think this is the first day all summer that I’ve not had some kind of travel memory on my FB feed or photo drives. All summer, my feed has had almost daily memories of me planning trips, booking flights, packing stuff, shopping, jetlag! Memories of hectic days getting ready to travel, hectic days at…

Serenity

Waking up to this view this morning feels so serene to me. The birthday girls were still asleep when I awoke bright and early. I tiptoed to the kitchen, made a cup of herb tea and came back to bed to watch as the wafts of mist rose from the lake covering the lake making…

Hitting the Road today

We are hitting the road today for a weekend trip to the Ozarks. We being my bff, her twin and yours truly. The three musketeers. It’s been a while since we had a trip but this year, we decided to head off to celebrate their birthday weekend. No husbands or boyfriends allowed, just a…

It snows here!

So I just returned from Nairobi a week ago and the temperatures were really mild there. Typical highs in December are in the 70s. I wasn’t even gone long, a little less than 3 weeks really. But it sure took me by surprise to open the window this morning in Kansas City to find snow…

Everything considered.

Last night, I returned from my trip home in Nairobi. With 8 nephews and nieces all under 17; a parent that requires care giving; and a garden, chickens and livestock that need caring, my time at home went lightning fast. It was hectic, it was rowdy, it was demanding. My days were often quite overwhelming….

Greetings from Nairobi

I have not been able to post as much as I hoped since I arrived in Nairobi almost 3 weeks ago. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind really..packing, traveling, arriving, unpacking..jetlag, trying to squeeze in as much as possible in the little time I have. I was just beginning to settle in but alas…