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Wandering Connections LLC!

The world is full of amazing places and interesting people. Join me as I explore a few. Travel comes in many flavors, each offering different insights into the lives and cultures of people with whom we share this planet. Short moments of engagement bring sparks of connection which lead to understanding and caring and a bit of joy, if we are lucky.

In this website, there is a trip tracker page where I let you know what I am doing and what time it is in whatever location I happen to be in. Hidden in the contact me tab (because I don’t know where else to put it) is a collection of paintings. Lastly, this website is home to my blog, Next Chapter Travels, where I post short stories about my adventures and reflections. 

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Next Chapter Travels

Back to Winterton for a new mural – The came too soon when the household goods were packed and shipped and it was time to say goodbye. A neighbor had a farewell party for the family and friends from Pretoria arrived to wish my daughter and her family a safe.....

Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles! My new grandson arrived July 14 with an uneventful birth at Life Wilgers Hospital in Pretoria, South Africa. My daughter and her husband could finally hold the long awaited child they had dreamed of for so long. Reflecting on the events that lead to.....

Travel bug Looking back at this first big year of travel, I remember how alive and excited I was to explore Europe. An interviewer recently asked my what made me think I could paint a mural on the side of a farmhouse, working 30 feet up a wall on scaffolding......