So — what is this web site all about?
Travel. Self-discovery. Great food. Bucket list exploration. Fun!
What kind of travel will you find here?
A mixture of intermediate and luxury travel styles. It’s about having amazing experiences AND traveling more often.
Locations? Travels in the USA, Europe, the Caribbean, and now Africa. Kinds of travel? Land and sea — yes, I love a good cruise!
Where are we going next? Wherever our dreams take us!
Article Topics
I focus on my two loves: travel and great food — both eating and cooking.
You’ll find articles on culture, art, and soft adventure (things like hiking, snorkeling, kayaking), as well as practical tips for handling travel challenges, and reports on hotels.
In the food section, you can pick up new recipes, or read articles on food history and anthropology, along with periodic restaurant reviews.
This year, you’ll find articles written by both Cat Gassiot, my college-age daughter, and from Glenn Kaufmann, a professional writer living in Dublin. — It’s always good to hear from more than one voice!
Award Winning Writing
Proud winner of three 2017 Awards from NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association). Find the award winning articles here.
Who is Ann?
I’m a colon cancer survivor, an empty-nester, and now an early retiree! When folks start talking about generations, I’m on the cusp between the Baby Boomers and Generation X — and I have a foot in both camps ? .
I’ve lived in New Orleans, Manhattan, and Seattle, before settling in Houston, Texas.
My career has been in higher education, where I worked for over twenty-five years in many capacities, including teaching courses in writing, web-related topics, and managing academic departments. I am now writing and traveling full time — what a wonderful thing!
* * * Most of the photography on the site is my own. When I need additional images, I get photographs from Pixabay and Unsplash, and I purchase stock photos from Alamy, iStock Photo, Shutterstock, and 123RF Stock Photo.
Hello Ann! I’ve found you again! What a wonderful blog of adventures!
wouw.. it seems you have a good fun dancing in Zambia. Will check more of your blog. cheers
HI
Just to let you know I have given you a shout out here
https://itsgoodtobecrazysometimes.wordpress.com/2018/02/19/authors-links-part-12/
Hope you have a great week
Trina
Hi
Thanks so much for finding my blog, liking a post and commenting. Hope you come back again soon
Trina
Trina, I enjoyed your post — definitely capturing some of the things I feel with multi-tasking and getting ready for Christmas!
I have not stopped by since I read “The Train.” I lost track of you and I thought that you have stopped writing. But never mind, I have found you again and I will keep coming back for a read and a comment. Wishing you good health and keep writing. Juli
Juli, happy to see you back. Yes, I’ve been writing, travels and life, and who knows what will come next. My health is good, and I continue — Ann
arrrhh I am so happy to learn that you are in good shape with your health. Keep traveling, and writing will keep you going, the more you write the more the sense of travel will be fantastic, without it we cannot find some good episodes to write about. There is a beautiful world out there. Take care.
wishing you a wonderful 2017 🙂
Thank you, Daal — and an amazing 2017 to you as well!
Nice to meet you, Ann! Congrats on your clear scans. Saw your banner on Danny Ray’s sidebar and came to take a look. I have Texas roots, too, from my dad’s side, most based in East Texas. I shall enjoy reading your posts!
Hi Terri, great to meet you as well — and I look forward to reading more of your blog, too :-).
[…] Here is an excerpt from the Ann Cavitt Fisher About page: […]
“I want to talk about life, in all of its rich, wonderful and terrifying forms.”
This is exactly how I feel right now, since I’m on the brink of a big change for me, which is moving to college! Thank so much for this wonderful blog, I especially liked your short story about the train ride.
Gloria
Gloria, I loved my college years — I’m sure you are about to start a great chapter in your life. I’m glad you enjoyed The Train.
— Ann
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I read Michener’s ‘Poland’ while living in Poland. Taught English their for a year. It was a very good year, but the summer was much better than the winter, which was brutal. Do kind of wonder why I came back, sometimes, though.
I’ll be planning Poland for next summer. Your time there must have been amazing.
A nice blog with neat and and clean layout. Loving the positive vibes in your words.
Thank you, Megha.
Great blog….good stories and good writing. Glad I found you.
What a super blog Ann. Demonstrates a level of organisation I can only dream of.
Here’s to clear CT scans all the way to death in old age ❤️
Thank you, Lisa — the blog has been a work in progress. I recently changed WordPress themes, and that definitely helped with organization.
Yes! I see that – it is a nice clean theme. I have changed themes a few times til I found one that suited my personality but also added a ‘structured’ look. Nice to meet you 😀
Nice to meet you as well :-). I’m headed over to your blog to start reading. I read your Gravatar profile, and I am so pleased to hear about your success with your cancer.
Thanks for the follow and the kind words Ann. Cancer sucks but your attitude towards beating it is very uplifting. I’m part of a committee in my home state for Colon Cancer Prevention so I know all to well what battle you are fighting. Not that I’m trying to hijack your site but last week was their annual fundraiser if you would like to read about it.
http://skipahsrealm.com/bottoms-up-bash-2016/
Hi Gary, Thank you for your comments and I am always happy to have a link to things like your annual fundraiser. It’s great to connect people to events happening to support the fight against this disease. — Ann
Hello Ann. This is Shine. Nice to meet you. Your fighting inspires me a lot. I respect your courage to fight back to the Cancer. Not only that. I really wondered to see that the way you love your life after all those incidents. Hats off to your spirit. I’m following you to learn things from your journey.
Hi Shine, great to meet you as well, and as I said on your post about how perspective on life is everything, I completely agree. It’s not that I am never sad or scared, but I don’t stay in those feelings. I finished chemo a year ago and was in good spirits through it. I will have more treatment ahead of me, but right now, my CT scan this week was stable — no change, which means I have another 2-3 months of freedom. I feel free as a bird. When it is time to do surgery and more chemo, then I will dig in and take it one day at a time. And at the end, my prognosis is good, so I feel very thankful.
I appreciate your thoughts, and I look forward to following you as well.
Nice to hear that you are well now. Use this time for creative work and write more for us with your inevitable spirit.
What a wonderful uplifting find! I cannot wait to see where life’s adventure takes you!
Thank you, Greg. Neither can I :-).
You are a wonderful writer with a beautiful clean blog!
Nice meeting you!
Nice to meet you as well — and thank you so much for the kind compliment :-).
In an effort to share the internet love, I’ve nominated you for a blog award! You can check out the details here, https://singlemomunschooling.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/sunshine-blogger-award/
A very intimate and thoughtful place to visit. An invitation to share your life with you. Thank you for allowing us the privilege. Shall we open a nice bottle of wine and toast to the voyage ahead?
Thank you, Granville — I raise my glass.
you are a lovely writer of your thoughts and experiences Ann. It sounds like you have been through your share of grief. I too travel but spend more time in Scotland and Ireland though I love Italy too. Italian on Dad’s side. I also write stories as well as photograph. I’m not in world as much as I once was when I first began and actually was away from it for a few years. My inworld identity is on Desert dreams and Mice though most of my posting is on my story blog. I just find I want to engage more with the Real world of five senses but I do love the art and imagination I have found in SL. Do drop by again!! and so glad you have your health again.
To the dune mouse, Thank you so much for your thoughtful comment. I am so pleased to have found your blog — your images and your thoughts, so beautiful, so interesting.
Now that I’ve found you, I’ll never let you go, Cousin Ann 😉