by Michelle Moran | Sep 10, 2023 | #BestofBlueRidge, #ChefDannyMellman, #dannyandmichelle, #Homestead, #litlpond, The Writer
My husband Danny and I were in the jungle of Belize having breakfast, bird-watching, and being entertained by an acrobatic group of Howler Monkeys. We began chatting with a couple at a nearby table. They were raised in the Midwest and living in Texas. As always with...
by Michelle Moran | Aug 25, 2023 | The Writer
The beauty of Pigadia. Heaven on earth. Achat Beach. A menu map of Karpathos. Our trip to Karpathos, Greece, began as a joke. Well, not really, Here’s how the story goes. We were visiting Danny’s niece and her husband in New York City. It was a reunion delayed by the...
by Michelle Moran | May 12, 2023 | #ChefDannyMellman, #dannyandmichelle, #litlpond, The Writer
The ocean below me, I watched the waves smash into rocks, listened to the kids bickering on the trail ahead of me thinking, this would not be a good time for an annoyed sister to give her brother a mischievous shove. The hike, a condensed version of the original...
by Michelle Moran | May 12, 2023 | The Writer, Uncategorized
The water is coming in from every direction. And the constant roar of the reef is keeping my mind off the fact that I can’t get my laptop working. My hopes of spending the day seem crashing like the waves on the natural rock jetty offshore. Instead, I find myself...
by Michelle Moran | Feb 21, 2021 | #BestofBlueRidge, #ChefDannyMellman, #dannyandmichelle, #litlpond, The Writer
We planned to set out early in our usual organized chaos but missed the first three ferries. I wanted to catch the first boat to the mainland and begin our discovery tour. But Danny wasn’t stirring, even with my five alarms. He’d been pretty wiped out since coming to...
by The Chef And The Writer | May 6, 2018 | The Writer, Uncategorized
Do I want to really say I have been pondering my next blog post for a year? No. But well, I have. And I have had great thoughts and major subversions. And finally, I am here. Computer keyboard and a blank slate. And babbling words. The past year has been a whirlwind....
