First, The Ground Rules and What to Expect

It has taken me quite some time to decide whether or not to start writing a blog. This page was, in fact, created over a year ago and it's sat empty until now. The truth is that, in this age of connection and high internet visibility, the idea of sharing my thoughts and opinions was a bit scary and overwhelming. To further complicate the story, this last year has been one of great transition with the start of a new job, a move to a new place after being settled in Charlottesville for 17 years and a slightly offbeat wedding to my partner in crime in what has so far been one of the happiest days of my life. 

That said, I am who I am and that is a strongly independent, opinionated woman, who likes to share experiences and advice. I hope that this will be a tool to organize the thoughts in my head but also a good way to connect with other interesting people and spur healthy discussions. You can expect to see a little bit of everything here. I will share recipes, attempts at being fashionable (yikes!), travel adventures, random musings. 

Full disclosure, I do not want this to become a forum of negativeness so I will not tolerate any aggression, negative attacks on my person or others that chose to share an opinion here. Anything that gets posted in an unkind manner will be promptly deleted/blocked. It's okay to have an opposing view and express it, of course but only if it is done so in a thoughtful, kind manner with the awareness that everyone is entitled to their own views.

I very much believe in kindness and I hope that anyone who comes across this blog would so as well. 

Let's see where this goes!

Cheers!

Bananachikita