Archive for the ‘MIND & HEART’ Category

Kidney Donor Beach Vacation

Kidney Donor Beach Vacation
By Milli Thornton with George & Lisa White Photos Courtesy George & Lisa White MOST OF US typically don’t associate surgery with vacations. As for donating a kidney? Yikes! Who wants to go first? And yet, in this incredible story, there were definitely some classic post card moments. George...
August 1st, 2010 | Beaches, HEALTH, Human Interest, USA MAINLAND, VIDEOS | Read More

Big Chute!

Big Chute!
BRIAN IS ALWAYS reading boating magazines and dreaming of cruising the pleasure-boat waterways of the world. He’d love to do the San Juan Islands in a Nordhavn 62-footer (around $2 million pre-loved, including VIP stateroom). Or, for those moments when the budget calls for something a little more...
July 17th, 2010 | Boating, Conservation, FEATURED ARTICLES, ONTARIO, Wildlife | Read More

Laos and the MWH Project

Laos and the MWH Project
By guest blogger Debra Woods Hmong mother with baby I had the good fortune during 2007 & ‘08 to work on a project in three southern Lao provinces, the poorest in the country—Attapeu, Saravan and Sekong. Our project’s main aim was to reduce the maternal and infant mortality rates in these areas....
February 28th, 2010 | ASIA, GUEST BLOGGERS, Human Interest | Read More

Think Globally, Travel Locally

Think Globally, Travel Locally
By Milli Thornton WHEN WE SAY travel, we tend to think of world travel—or at least going to another county or state. But most of us travel every day without giving it much thought. Sure, we might be more conscious these days of the cost of gas (and its impact on the environment), but how much do we...
August 6th, 2009 | COFFEE, Conservation, HEALTH, Human Interest, STAYCATIONS, VIDEOS | Read More

Kissing the Lucky Frog

Kissing the Lucky Frog
AUSPICIOUS GOOD FORTUNE is how they might say it in feng shui. I intend for this blog to be a lucky magnet for fun experiences, making new friends and cutting my teeth on some free-wheelin’ travel writing as I gain the skills needed to become a published travel writer. Kissing the lucky frog seems...
July 18th, 2009 | Feng Shui | Read More

Ball’s Falls, The Twenty Valley, Ontario

Ball’s Falls, The Twenty Valley, Ontario
The forest at Ball's FallsTWENTY VALLEY is a place chock-full of things to see and do—but if you do visit the Valley, please don’t miss Ball’s Falls. At first I thought the name was rather silly (made me think of balls o’ fire) until Carla, our host at Bonnybank B&B, explained...
June 16th, 2009 | ACTIVITIES, Conservation, ONTARIO | Read More