Apr 14, 2026
Well, our marriage, anyway! Our honeymoon continued in Budapest. I still get dewy-eyed as I’m working up this post, three months later (oops!). It was awfully romantic! We used Civitatis again for two free tours as a starting point for getting to know the city...
Apr 8, 2026
Prague edition! Sometimes, when I remember our wedding in September, it still feels like I’m about to burst. Marrying Ramon has been such an unexpected joy. Not least because we got a vacation out of it over the New Year holidays! I knew I loved him but this new...
Mar 9, 2026
I am just a little bit behind again with my posts… but I didn’t want to let this special trip escape notice. I got to go back to Alaska in October, 2025. My family has decades-long connections to Alaska, and I’ve visited at least every few years like...
Dec 17, 2025
Cigarettes are a lot like squirrels. They are perfectly harmless until you put one in your mouth and light it on fire. When I was a kid, I cut a list out of the newspaper and stuffed it in my mom’s purse, in the snap-top leatherette case where she kept her...
Dec 10, 2025
Picture Zero: This is our first couple selfie, I think – paddleboating. Ramon and I met in Pakistan, at a run he and his friends had organized in the Diplomatic Enclave. Within seconds, he invited me to coffee and dual-language conversations. The first couple...
Nov 20, 2025
Virginia (Culver) Snyder was a dedicated reporter, a lifelong Democrat, a friend for all seasons, a reformed tomboy, and a beloved, irascible aunt. Her wit was as dry and scorching as summer on the Colorado Plains – making her the one everyone wanted to sit by at any...
