All Entries in the "Sherry" Category
Blowing out Candles
They’re leaving…I can’t stop em. No matter how much I beg and plead for them to stay, I can’t change their mind. The memories are vivid now, but they’ll be a distant soon. I’ll look at the pictures and try to relive those times, but it’ll never be the same.
I’m sad to [...]
Lonely Planet Wants You…
You may have noticed that little blue banner on the left side of my home page…yes, there…that one…the one that says “Lonely Planet Featured Blogger 2010″. What does that mean? Well, it means that I’m a part of a beta program for Lonely Planet where they post my blog posts on their website under the [...]
A Look Back and Forward for 2010
Years seem to slide in and out of my life like visits to countries; they are often too short. Plus, when you look back at them they always seem better than the actual moment.
I have been busy working on some new resolutions for the year for my other website, Briefcase to Backpack. In [...]
Happy Holidays EGreeting!
For the 3rd year in a row, I’ve decided not to purchase stamps and instead send my Holiday Greetings electronically! I seem to live my whole life virtually anyway, why should this be any different! This video card was created on my new Christmas present to myself – my new macbook – the learning curve [...]
Taking Flight
As I spend Thanksgiving at home in the US with family this year, I certainly have many things I am thankful for. The normal – family, friends, and health; and the not so normal – brushing teeth with tap water, pedestrian right of way, and indoor heating. However, just recently I was reminded of something [...]
Blogging and Living in Vietnam – Interview
If you’ve been missing the sound of my voice, or you can’t remember what I look like – then check out the video interview I did for a great new blog by Will Peach! Will has started a super new blog with a unique concept. He lives in Saigon and instead of writing about travel [...]
Toot Toot!
A quick little post about tooting my own horn…hell – if I don’t do it – then who will? This summer I was lucky enough to be featured on some other websites, in magazines, and even a travel radio show! This summer may very well have been my 10 minutes of fame; poof – it’s [...]
Three Glorious Years!
My parents celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary next week – amazing. I find it really hard to believe that my parents could stand anything for 50 years, let alone each other. This is especially difficult for me to understand considering I, their flesh and blood creation, am incapable of staying committed to any place or job [...]
Help Send Me To Antarctica!
An Antarctica cruise line provider is putting on a blogging contest that caught my eye and tugged at my travel heartstrings! A free trip to Antarctica for me and a friend if I win. All you have to do is vote for me, and tell all of your friends to vote for me, and have [...]
Some Recognition!
Tripbase Blog Awards 2009
I just had an email telling me that I was selected as a finalist in a technical travel blog category in the TripBase.com travel blog awards! I didn’t even know I was nominated – so this was stunning news!
If you haven’t figured it out yet – I work hard at this…really hard [...]
Alphabet Soup
Life is full of turns, twists, and curves. I recently listened to one of my favorite podcasts, This American Life, they did a show on Plan B. They explored the idea of what we thought we were going to do and what we actually did; plan B, or C, or D. It gave me a [...]
Paying Respect
There are many hard things about being halfway around the world on your own – many. But I unfortunately am going through one of the hardest things right now and the only way I know how to deal with it is to write. I know this has nothing to do with travel, nor anything to [...]
A Little Shout Out
I recently recieved a little recognition from one of the volunteer companies I worked with in 2007. Cross Cultural Solutions chose me as their ‘Alumni In Focus’ for their newsletter. I was rather stunned, but I think they wrote a very nice article that highlights some of the high points of my volunteering with them. [...]
15 of the Most Read Articles on Boots-n-all
I recently found out some surprising news. Bootsnall, where my blog was originally hosted, just published their year end newsletter and included a story to the 15 most read articles on Boots-n-all from 2008. I was scrolling through the list and there my article was at the bottom – Pee Pee Island: A Girls Guide to [...]
You can’t handle the truth…
I must apologize, I’ve been withholding the truth a bit. I love having a blog but there are times where I really feel that it is a huge burden; the last 4 months was burdensome. Let me back up – I started journaling 11 years ago to cope with an emotional time of my life. [...]
New Year…New Resolutions
2009 – How did that creep up on me? Considering my 2008 challenges (it’s not going down in history as my favorite year – that’s for sure) I thought I better try to get my life and mind pointed in the right direction in 2009 and make some resolutions. I normally don’t do this as [...]
Travel Ink
Check out my latest article written for The Indie Travel Podcast. It’s all about the tattoos you get while traveling. Did I get inked??? Read it and find out – Travel Ink!
While you are on the Indie Travel Podcast site – browse around and check out the new design. Craig and Linda did a fabulous [...]
