emboldened

Celebrating an important voice today. This morning, my English-teacher-for-25-years mom sent me the news that today—July 11—is the anniversary of the publication of To Kill a Mockingbird . . . which was first published in 1960. She also sent along a few quotes from...

a little more like evelyn

I recently saw “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” playing for free in our little two-theatre cinema on base. In the movie a handful of aging Brits decide to leave their country and move to India to live out their twilight years as ex-pats in this “refurbished”...

and the winner is . . .

Thank you to all of you who left a comment for a chance to win Katie Gardner’s amazing travel print. The winner of the giveaway (chosen randomly) is . . . KATHY M.!!! Kathy, please email me at leeana (at) gypsyink (dot) com with your address and we will get your...

Of Things Unknown But Longed For Still

This post originally appeared on my blog in honor of July 4, 2010, but I wanted to share it with you again for those who had not read it . . . because the words are still as true for me today as they were two years ago. Our “babies” are little people now...

travel print giveaway

(Italy by Katie Gardner) I’ve decided to begin and end July with awesome giveaways – yeah for summer! – and here is the first . . . I’m so happy to bring you one of my all-time favorite photographers, Katie Gardner. Katie is out of San Diego, and when we lived there,...