My high school did not offer a geography class. I was pretty familiar with the United States anyway, thanks to annual vacations all over the place with my family, but I still doubt I could have named all of the state capitals. I certainly can't do it today. While my U.S. geography was adequate, my …
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No Day But Today
This has turned into an incredibly reflective weekend; and all for the best, I think. Life. Love. Journeys. Trying to fit it all into the blip of time we occupy this incredible world. Wow. My thoughts are much too heavy for a post. Plus I don't think I can represent it with words better than this …
Going Up to the Lake
Each year during the summer I've heard myself telling people my weekend plans are "going up to the lake." Usually this elicits confused looks. As though there are many lakes in Ohio and they don't know which one I'm referencing. It never occurred to me "the lake" could be anything other than Lake Erie. You …
Travel Tips: Travel Companions
Yesterday I read an article on CNN's travel section called "Make or Break? Travel tests your love life" about traveling with your significant other to find out the reality of your relationship. The article had several vignettes from couples who: traveled early on in their relationship and knew they would work well together as a …
Literary Travels: Catching Up
Lately I've been trying to yet again come to terms with a fact of life that constantly plagues me; having to postpone one love for another. If I want to get married, I have to stop traveling and save money. If I want to have money, I have to stop sitting in my window seat …
Wedding Planning: Choosing a Destination/Venue
The wedding planning is officially underway! A couple months following our engagement and we have a date (September 2013), a photographer (Linczak Photography) and now a venue! The date and photographer were fairly easy-- the date was basically determined by the availability of the top three items of importance to us-- venue, photographer and band. We …
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Travel for Work: New York City
As I mentioned last month, I was able to sneak in a great professional development opportunity at work before our fiscal year is up in a couple months. My boss found a great conference, hosted by Ragan Communications, that focused on media relations, crisis communications and social media. The conference was good—I tweeted throughout (see …
Heather's Compass 