Milly Magpie

Music has the power to help you remember or make you forget. A dear friend recently wrote a blog inspired by a song I posted on Facebook. I called “Rivers and Roads” the perfect Army family anthem, and it reminded me how much I relate music to my life. I began to wonder what the Continue reading

I love Germany. And, I really love Bayern (Bavaria). There is something indescribable about the beautifully quaint land I have been lucky to call home for the past few years. Whether you have visited for a day or stayed for years, Bayern gets into your blood and settles in your bones. Below are 50 things Continue reading

Baltimore, Maryland circa 1998. I was a brand spanking new, newlywed who said, “I do” and commenced changing nearly every possible aspect of my 28-year-old life. I became a wife, switched career paths and moved up the East Coast from the sweet tea and sun of Columbus, Georgia to the hustle and bustle of Baltimore, Continue reading

You never really know where your travels will take you. Some stops are planned and others just happen. We travel for work, pleasure and sometimes we just need to hit the road, Jack. I am an Army brat and wife and a former flight attendant. I have logged my fair share of miles over the Continue reading

Shoulda, coulda, woulda. I catch myself settling into a rhythmic daily routine and choosing the path of least resistance. It is not fear, but lack of motivation that keeps me trudging along. Somewhere between my first cup of coffee and the 8th load of laundry, I lose my mojo. Gone. MIA. AWOL. Well, today is the Continue reading