Author: Phillip

All through high school, I made plans to travel the country after graduation. I intended to take a gap year before college, but I did not want to go to Europe. I’d never been able to see the country and its fantastic sights. So, I set a goal to see if I wanted to go […]

We had not had a family vacation in a long time. When the pandemic hit, we had to cancel all our plans. It was too risky to travel even within the country. Everyone was self-isolating, just trying to stay safe. After a year, we finally had a chance to do a local visit but weren’t […]

My boyfriend was going to be gone for a long time. The military planned to deploy him soon, and I was so anxious about the separation. It would be almost two years before he would be allowed to come back home again. As a way to make me feel better, he planned a trip to […]

None of us knew how to survive in the snow and ice My husband is in the Air Force, and recently they relocated him. He took off for our new home while I packed up the house and transferred the kids’ school records to their new school. My young son was in second grade and […]

For the last three generations, my family has lived in New Mexico. It’s a beautiful state with red and orange mountains. New Mexico has some of the most beautiful landscapes and scenery in the midwest. I grew up in a small village about 100 miles south of the state capital, Albuquerque. I lived there for […]

Living in Tampa Bay can be very difficult, especially if you aren’t used to the heat and humidity. My family and I moved to Tampa a few months ago and we are still getting used to the heat and humidity. After noon, the outdoor temperatures can soar into the triple digits. When the kids and […]

Most people don’t know this, but Tampa Bay has an ice hockey team called the lightning. Tampa Bay probably isn’t the first place that most people think of, when they think about ice hockey. Still, Tampa Bay has the Lightning and a huge fan base. I love the team and I wasn’t a fan of […]

I grew up in rural Farm country surrounded by corn and potatoes. I wanted to get out of that place badly and I knew that college was the answer. I studied every day and every night. I didn’t go to parties or hang out with my friends. I concentrated on getting good grades so I […]

My wife and I were looking for houses in the Tampa Bay Region. We were happy to live anywhere in Hillsborough County, but we were hoping to stay closer to Tampa Bay. We looked for several months, because we had a list of options that we absolutely wanted to have in our new home. The […]

My girlfriend and I went out for dinner on Thursday night. We decided to go to Tampa Bay to visit an Italian Bistro that had great reviews online. My wife got some tortellini with seafood. It had clams, shrimp, scallops, and giant pieces of real crab. I got a more traditional veal scallopini. The total […]