My friend called to say she’d just put a ticket to London on her credit card. “Is the card you’re trying to pay off, the one you were going to cut up?” I asked. There was a long pause and then a deep sigh. “Yes.”…
It’s easy to spend a fortune on suitcase accessories, but you’d be surprised how many items you already have around the house can make traveling easier and cheaper. Here are five of my favorite 'recycle and reuse' packing tips: Read and Recycle: I usually pack…
I pushed away my plate and picked up my purse to leave The Fisherman’s Wife and move on, but at the last minute I pulled out my phone and took a photo of the only bite left on my plate. One crescent of cornbread was…
Nothing takes the shine off a travel adventure like finding yourself sick away from home. Even the healthiest of us can fall--Colds happen. Germs find us. Stomachs revolt--so it pays to think ahead and pack for those unexpected headaches, troubled tummies and painful blisters. Here…
Cheryl-Anne Millsap's Home Planet column appears each week in the Wednesday "Pinch" supplement. Cheryl-Anne is a regular contributor to Spokane Public Radio and her essays can be heard on Public Radio stations across the country.