Let me just say this right up front: I never had any particular desire to go to Hawaii. For one thing, I’m more of a hiker than a beach lounger. I
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As I write this, Prince Edward Island is still in recovery mode after Hurricane Fiona washed out roads and bridges, collapsed barns and houses,
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I never meant to buy a second home. I certainly never intended to buy one on an island a full 11-hour drive away from my house in Massachusetts. By
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I went to a museum yesterday. Last year, I went to so many museums that I lost track, haunting special archival collections to ferret out
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Just a week ago today, my new puppy, Merlin, and I were rambling down another one of Prince Edward Island's red dirt roads with my good friend and
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Last year, I did the Couch-to-5K program and ran my first 5K. My time was almost laughable—35 minutes and 12 seconds, with a pace of 11.20
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When I was a high school student, I had the opportunity to study abroad and chose the most distant, most exotic destination on the list of
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A few years after first discovering Prince Edward Island as a single mom with two young children, I invited my second husband,
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