I started my own business, my own coaching business, because of a puzzle. A jigsaw puzzle. In a pandemic. Literally and figuratively, I slowly put the pieces together, found my voice again and created something from nothing. This is my story of how a puzzle led me to build a business and help others find their voice. Apocalypse is Coming…
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The best hotels on Mackinac Island, Michigan also happen to be some of the oldest hotels on the island. Whether you are looking for grandeur, history or a central location these are the best hotels on Mackinac Island. 1. Best Hotels on Mackinac Island: Grand Hotel The historic Grand Hotel, open May through October, is filled with and surrounded by glamour…
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Time slows down on Mackinac Island, Michigan. It’s a place where no motorized vehicles are permitted so the pace is automatically slower. There are no bridges to the island situated in Lake Huron and people and things move around by foot, bicycle or by horse-drawn carriage. While Mackinac (pronounced Mak-in-aw) has all the other modern amenities of today’s world —…
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Mackinac Island, MI is an island in Michigan. Yes, there is an island in Michigan! It sits in Lake Huron, one of the five Great Lakes, and the only way to get to the Mackinac Island (pronounced Mak-in-aw) is by passenger ferry. There are no bridges to the island, and no motorized vehicles on the entire island. Everyone and everything…
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I had the foresight to start a travel blog in case I was ever laid off from my full time job for the millionth time. I had been on the horrible receiving end of corporate re-structurings and failed start ups several times so I thought hey let me start a blog in order to generate some additional revenue in case…
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Located in central Oregon, Bend is a unique Pacific Northwest destination with tons of things to do. Bend was situated along the Oregon Trail. It is one of only three continental U.S. cities with an extinct volcano. And it is home to the last lone Blockbuster video store, which might be Bend’s most popular claim to fame but certainly not…
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When I visited Bend, Oregon in October 2017 on a solo work trip, I decided I wanted to do some sunrise hiking while I was there. Earlier in the year I had taken a group photography trip to Peru where I learned that the best light for landscape photography happened at sunrise or sunset. And I also learned that the…
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