Travel Tuesday : Blogging Adventures, Vicarious travels

We scored an invitation a couple of years ago to the French Ambassador's residence for a reception hosted by Duke University. It was a fun evening.

I love to travel, and often those adventures are the inspiration for my blog. I recently updated my daily reads list, adding Eye Candy by Andy in Canada who loves to take photos and shares one of his favorites each day, and Sophie's French Adventure and dog's eye view of life in a French Village narrated by a wise and worldly Scotsman.

I travel vicariously through their daily postings. There is something these two have in common, they have a decidedly positive view of the world. They spend time looking for beauty in the mundane. I took off a couple of links, one to an inactive blog, and one that often didn't fit the family friendly mood that I am going for. There are a few blogs not listed here, that I visit often, that I enjoy, or learn from, or find interesting. Some are simply to "adult" for me to feel comfortable linking to, but that does not keep me from the vicarious adventure of their lives.

We are known by company we keep. I am surprised by a few bloggers who keep links to people who never have an encouraging word for anyone. I can generate all of the internal negativity I need, I don't need to go online for that. We all have rough times, as those you who followed me through 2015-2018 can attest, I hope that even on my darkest days, I find some way for you to vicariously experience a little ray of sunshine, hope and beauty in your world.

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