OK, I’ll admit it: while our rooms had no phones, our cell phones did work. And while our rooms had no televisions or internet reception, local bars had TVs that allowed us to catch a football game or two, and we could get internet reception in the lobby. So it wasn’t...

Today we’d like to introduce you to Kaylee Boyle. Kaylee, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story. Ever since I was a little girl, I have been told, “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you...

I recently received an e-mail from a listener complimenting me on my book reviews and author interviews, but expressing dismay that she is often listening in the car and can’t make note of the title and/or author. She also reminded me that I haven’t posted a book blog...

...then reading about happiness should be even better, right? So maybe take a look at Happiness on the Blue Dot by Lisa Marranzino. When the author first contacted me, I was afraid that it might be one of those psycho babble, feel good books about the...

Whether it’s visiting a howler monkey sanctuary, enjoying a long river boat ride to out of the way Mayan ruins at Lamanai, learning how to make corn tortilla from scratch, or jet boating over to Caye Caulker for snorkeling, bike rides, and beach time,...

Without going into lengthy detail, on a recent trip to Europe I mapped out my own beer tour. I found some wonderful beers in Belgium, at various towns all along the Rhine River in Germany, a few in France and Switzerland. Upon my return I decided that I...

If you are going to spend anytime in the Dominican Republic, then you, like me, probably did what the Zac Brown song, TOES, suggests: “I’ve got my toes in the water, ass in the sand, not a worry in the world, a cold beer in my hand. Life is good today,...

OK, I admit it: if playing golf is the waste of a good afternoon, then river cruising in Europe must be a waste of a week, right? Wrong, but that’s what I had thought. Recently spent a week, with a wonderful group of listeners, on the Rhine River. We...

The first time I visited Cancun on the Yucatan Peninsula, in 1978, there were no resorts, only three hotels, almost no rental cars, few restaurants, and virtually no tourists. Things have changed. Hundreds of hotels filled with thousands of visitors that...