Tag: travel

• Pleased to share my first byline with Business Insider!

  https://www.businessinsider.com/kid-threw-up-on-plane-flight-attendant-hero-2025-10

  michardillo

  October 25, 2025

  Essay

  airplane, business insider, sick child, travel

• First Quarter 2025 Reading Tally

  I looked forward to several things as I approached retirement in January of 2024: more travel, get serious about writing my novel, reach out and reconnect with family and friends who live far from me, exercise more, and finally, but certainly not least, READ MORE. I believe I have indeed accomplished all of them, but…

  michardillo

  March 31, 2025

  books, Essay

  app, book-review, books, friends and family, goals, Goodreads, NetGalley, novel, reading, Reading Wrap Up, retirement, Storygraph, teaching, travel, writing

• Book Review: The Hygge Holiday by Rosie Blake

  For two years I lived in a small town near Brussels, Belgium, and seeking to make friends, I joined an international cooking club. There were twelve members, and we were each assigned a month where we hosted the entire group for lunch, with foods from our own culture. Each month was new and exciting, learning…

  michardillo

  April 18, 2022

  books

  Denmark, England, hygge, Rosie Blake, Suffolk, toy store, travel