2025 Has Arrived! 2025 Has Arrived! By Megan Cutler | January 13, 2025 | Comments 0 Comment 2024 was quite a year. In fairness, I’ve felt most years since the pandemic started have been some kind of chaos. From the chaos of simply trying to fill the time to the chaos of resuming old hobbies while still maintaining new ones, the last few years have been an interesting mix. But no previous … Read More Read More
Once Upon a Dream is Finally Here! Once Upon a Dream is Finally Here! By Megan Cutler | December 16, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment I put off writing this story for a long time. It wasn’t procrastination; I simply didn’t feel skilled enough to put the story into words. Sometimes you encounter an idea that feels so big and so important, you just know you have to make it as close to perfect as you can get it. Which … Read More Read More
Why Puzzles Have Become My New Love Why Puzzles Have Become My New Love By Megan Cutler | December 2, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment Puzzles have become my obsession. Well, my new old obsession. I’ve always liked puzzles. I’ve had several stashed in my closet for practically ever. And I also have several bookmarks to digital puzzles I sometimes chip away at. The only problem is, once I start a puzzle, I feel driven to finish it. I don’t … Read More Read More
2024’s Oops Way Late Writing Update 2024’s Oops Way Late Writing Update By Megan Cutler | September 23, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment It appears to be time for my annual ‘oops, I forgot to write an update about my writing progress’ post. In fairness, I meant to write this post several times throughout this year. But every time I added it to the queue, something came up. Partly, I’ve been working around my hectic release schedule. (Which … Read More Read More
Final Thoughts on our Viking Cruise Final Thoughts on our Viking Cruise By Megan Cutler | September 9, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment As I mentioned during my last travel blog, Pompeii was the last shore excursion of our Viking cruise. It has taken me most of the year to document a journey that lasted only a week, but it has been well worth the effort to recall all the wondrous sites we witnessed along the way. Though … Read More Read More
In the Shadow of Mount Vesuvius In the Shadow of Mount Vesuvius By Megan Cutler | August 5, 2024 | Comments 1 comment I have been slowly making my way through all the stops on the Viking Cruise we took this past Christmas. We started out in Athens. Then we made our way to Turkey, where we visited the ancient city of Ephesus. Following our departure from Turkey, we spent 2 days at sea, one of which was … Read More Read More
Sicily’s Famous Clock Tower Sicily’s Famous Clock Tower By Megan Cutler | July 8, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment After we finished our extended trip at sea, our next stop was Sicily. It is the largest and most populated island in the Mediterranean Sea. And it’s located just to the west of the toe of Italy’s boot shape. It is separated from the continent by the Strait of Messina, and its most prominent landmark … Read More Read More
Christmas at Sea Christmas at Sea By Megan Cutler | June 3, 2024 | Comments 0 Comment After we left Turkey on our Viking Cruise, we headed out to sea. We were originally supposed to stop in Crete; a place we were all looking forward to experiencing. Unfortunately, since we would have been there on Christmas day, everything would have been closed. So we were forced to skip that stop and spend … Read More Read More
A Turkish Cultural Experience A Turkish Cultural Experience By Megan Cutler | May 6, 2024 | Comments 1 comment During my last travel blog, I described the day we spent in Turkey visiting Ephesus, the 4th largest city of the ancient world. But our day wasn’t over when we boarded the bus to return to the ship. Our guide announced that we had a cultural experience in store for us. And it certainly was … Read More Read More
Ephesus and the Library of 12,000 Scrolls Ephesus and the Library of 12,000 Scrolls By Megan Cutler | April 8, 2024 | Comments 1 comment We spent this past Christmas cruising the Mediterranean with my husband’s family. It was our first major trip since before the pandemic, and it did not disappoint. The first stop took us to Athens, where we were able to catch a few glimpses of ancient ruins, including the Parthenon. The second stop on our epic … Read More Read More