by Sandy Lingo | Aug 1, 2022 |
“Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets” ~ Oscar Wilde “Little by little, one travels far.” J.R. Tolkein “Live your life.” Dr. Regina Kohls “You worry too much. Stop worrying. It will be fine,” said my older daughter multiple times as we planned the...
by Sandy Lingo | Jun 2, 2022 |
A tourism campaign for Vilnius, Lithuania, declared itself “the g-spot of Europe,” because, “Nobody knows where it is, but when you find it—it’s amazing.” The spot, so to speak, is lovely, if not amazing, but the people are nothing short of amazing. Actually heroic. ...
by Sandy Lingo | May 26, 2022 |
” Some writers in the throes of writer’s block think their muses have died, but I don’t think that happens often; I think what happens is that the writers themselves sow the edges of their clearing with poison bait to keep their muses away, often...
by Sandy Lingo | Sep 23, 2020 |
Not sure when I hatched the plan. Was it when my husband came home from his doctor’s appointment at 10:30 one morning and found me in bed reading? “I see you haven’t made it out of bed yet,” he said. Was it when he lay in bed, conversing with Siri in that slow,...
by Sandy Lingo | Apr 13, 2020 |
It was 2:45 AM on Thursday, March 12. (Is it even possible that, as I am writing this, it was just four weeks ago? The world is a different place.) Rick was sound asleep in our daughter Allison’s guest room in Oslo, Norway. But I was wide awake beside him. We had...
by Sandy Lingo | Mar 7, 2020 |
We were at a beautiful resort in Cancun, and I was furious with my husband, Rick. Based on my vast experience as a married woman, I can say with some assurance that it’s no less miserable to be in that angry space at the beach than in your laundry room or at the...
