“Happiness is Only Real When Shared” — C. McCandless, Into the Wild
I recently saw the movie “Into the Wild” and it really struck a chord in me. So many things that the character Chris McCandless experienced reminded me of what we discovered in our journeys on the road in the motor home. We too feel like we connected and got to touch...
Wet and Soggy on the Green
This past weekend was University of West Florida’s Festival on the Green. And we participated in it with a booth for our One Shoe Diaries stuff. The first day was alright, it threatened to rain all day but it held off. I met many wonderful people. Names escape me, I...
Touching people’s lives through art
Lately the One Shoe Diaries has really gotten attention. From media outlets to people’s personal blogs. The CNN segment featuring it even replayed this weekend! I just found a site this morning where a creative writing resources page posted this: Creative Writing...
BMW vandalism and a Sasquatch sighting
Recently I had my good friend Randy, or Big Randy as we call him since he is around 6’8” and close to a muscley 300lbs! When in town he was on a vacation for himself, away from the stresses of raising 3 kids and being self employed. So to live it up a bit he decided...
Trains
Seems every where we have traveled we have been followed by a train. I know it is not the same train, but you know what I mean :) As we went across the country to California it seemed we were always listening to a train at night. Sometimes just a subtle train whistle...
Reunions of a sort
After the segment about Sharon and i and our project the One Shoe Diaries aired on CNN Headline News’ “News to Me” over the weekend I got a lot of response from people who saw the segment and wanted to comment on the project. This is the best part. I love to hear from...
Noah’s Ark
Well the baby craze is starting to kick in for us. We are doing something I NEVER thought we would be doing...shopping for nursery items! The fun thing about naming our baby boy Noah is he comes with a built in theme of Noah’s Ark. We have found that there is Noah’s...
Press, Press and More Press
Wow, things are really starting to take off as far as exposure. Book sales, now thats a different story, but this sure is fun. I love how many people I have been meeting from my One Shoe Diaries Project! So many new and interesting folks. I just love to share travel...
There are no new ideas
Since I have started to promote my project the One Shoe Diaries I have had a great response from people about it. They have ranged from people who have seen those solo shoes out there and we always curious to how it got there. As many of you know also, that JulieAnn...
Pensacola Beach: Through the sands of time
Sometimes when we go looking for adventure we often overlook our own backyards. This past weekend I was hungry to explore somewhere, to be somewhere that inspired and energized my soul. Before hurricane Ivan I had gone out to Fort Pickens National Park on Pensacola...