You may recall that in the summer of 2021 I hosted what I coined the “Soul Sister Summer Retreat” (in Dalyan), and which I wrote about in Shift 3 of my The Shifts of Summer blog post two years before. I have a number of girlfriends around the globe that I consider my “soul sisters” and with whom I share a deep and authentic friendship. To be perfectly honest, since watching an episode of “Sex…
We gathered together over the week of the 4th of July at my brother’s place in Texas for the first Caveney Clan Summer Reunion. At our last Christmas gathering (2021) we decided that we wanted to meet more frequently than once-every-five-years. I’m glad we did as it was fun to see and spend time with everyone–we had 28 people in attendance on the peak days (family photo above). It started on Saturday, July 1, with…
After spending a couple of days at home after visiting the Kingdom (previous post), then I was off to Vienna, Austria, where my friend Laura resides. SunExpress offered direct flights on Fridays and Mondays making it the perfect weekend getaway. And pretty darn affordable at around $260. Laura had visited me in Izmir back in October and offered a reciprocal visit. I didn’t hesitate to take her up on the offer. I always prefer to…