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Is There Ever an Age When You’re too Old to Travel?

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Do you think there is ever an age when you’re too old to travel? I absolutely do not believe traveling has an age expiration limit!

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Have you ever heard, “you’re too old to travel or do that”? As an empty nester, solo traveler I’ve heard variations of it. As a woman, I’ve heard the usual “it is not safe for women to travel alone.” As a person with some health issues, I’ve heard “what if you hurt yourself?” Isn’t life a series of “what ifs” for everyone? The answer to that is an unqualified yes.

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Jord, the Standard in Natural, Clean Design Watches, And a Giveaway to Prove it!

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Jord (pronounced “Yode”) is a watch company that specializes in natural, clean design watches handcrafted with raw materials. Most of their timepieces are made of glorious woods, and when I was contacted by Jord and chose a watch to try, I was completely sold on their line of timepieces. I love natural, clean lines in all of my accessories, don’t you?

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My choice of the Jord watches, the Arcadia with marble and zebrawood. Photo by Alexandra Minton Photography.
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Do You Know how Christmas is Celebrated in Germany?

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Typical wooden Christmas carousel in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, at a Christmas market.

How Christmas is celebrated in Germany! Many of Germany’s wonderful Christmas traditions have found their way into America’s traditions. The Christmas Tree, Tannenbaum, is a German tradition. It began with bringing in boughs and wreaths and yule logs, and then the whole tree came into the home on Christmas Eve. In the old days, trees were decorated with candles, but we all know what a fire hazard that would be! There are flameless candle tapers for Christmas trees now, though. Decorating the Christmas Tree is still a German tradition! It came to America through Prince Albert, the German prince who married Queen Victoria of England. England happily adopted the tree, and so did America. Some of our favorite Christmas songs come from Germany as well, like Stille Nacht (Silent Night), and Oh Tannenbaum (Oh Christmas Tree). 

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