As I get older, I’ve come to many realizations. With my body changing and the digits of each birthday rising, it’s become clear that I’m well past the halfway marker of my life. This scares me. Am I supposed to be at the highest achievement point now, where all my goals have been met and I can proudly announce to the world that I have arrived? I must have missed the handing out of the life handbook with all the “how-to and by-when” chapters. So, in the meantime, I’m doing me. While I have no control over most things that go on around me, I know that I am definitely the captain of my own ship—and I’d better steer it in the right direction! Can a middle-aged woman with many optical imperfections become a model? But really, the deeper question is: Can we be whatever we set our minds and intentions to be? The answer is yes. Absolutely. About three years ago, I had the idea to Google “mature model agencies near me.” There was no moment of hesitation, because when I ...
Unreal. That's the word that comes to mind when reflecting back on 2024, but especially the Christmas season in Florida. I received an unexpected and beautiful Christmas letter from my daughter across the country. The words that struck me the most were about her family tradition memories growing up. Some of the delicious cookies we used to make included a German recipe passed down from my Mom. Two cookies pressed together, held together by a thin layer of cherry jam and topped off with homemade frosting. It was a torturous process that I always dreaded, but because the end result was too delicious, I endured the work. But in all honesty, the memories it brought back of my childhood in Germany and my childhood home were equally important. One tradition that I created was to go on evening drives in random neighborhoods to find the prettiest light spectacles to take in. The kids sitting in the backseat, chattering, laughing, and Christmas music playing on the radio. It felt goo...
Workamping At one point or another, whether you are an RV'er or not, you might have heard of the term workamper or camphost. If you are NOT familiar with either one, let me briefly shet light into this mystical word, because I am nice or because its Thursday! Often when you live a full time RV life you need or want to find a way to either offset your cost for living expenses or to entertain yourself or socialize or all of the above! Often when you camphost, you work at a campground and you help check in guest, do basic maintenance work, some cleaning, sell firewood and shower coins etc. in exchange for full hookup. The lovely internet provides tons of options to look for jobs all over the world and that's how we found our camphost job in Napa Valley. We were looking forward to meeting lots of people, hanging out with the other camphosts, while sharing stories with each other of how RV life really is. And then life h...
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