Betsy Talbot's Blog, page 11
May 11, 2014
We’re Having an Affair (and it starts this Wednesday!)
Can you smell the love in the air? For some people, the scent of romance might be warm cookies or roses or the salty air of the beach. But for us, love and romance smells like a train station! (Well, at least the parts that don’t smell like urine.) The coffee stands on the platform tempting […]
May 7, 2014
Child-free by Choice (Episode #61 with Amy and Lance Blackstone)
Episode #61 comes to you from sunny Andalucía, Spain. Today we’re talking about being child-free by choice. Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.” ~ Katherine Hepburn So why do child-free couples […]
May 4, 2014
Why Being Weird Isn’t the End of the World
Editor’s Note: Only 10 more days left for your chance to win your own pair of First-Class Global Eurail passes to tour Europe from Eurail.com! Imagine taking a romantic train journey to the most incredible cities in Europe on someone else’s dime. Some lucky devil is going to win this fantastic prize on May 15…why […]
April 30, 2014
Breaking Apart to Stay Together (Episode #60 with Lise Stoessel)
Episode #60 comes to you from sunny Andalusia, Spain. Have you ever wondered if your relationship would improve if you lived in separate houses? Today we’ll talk to a couple who did just that…and saved their marriage! Absence makes the heart grow fonder.” Lots of people tell us they can’t imagine our life of constant […]
April 27, 2014
Conscious Coupling
When Warren and I first met at work in 2002, he commented on the state of my desk. There were no pictures or personal knick-knacks. Other than work papers and my jacket hanging on the back of my chair, it was as if no one regularly occupied the space. He joked that if I ever […]
April 23, 2014
Let’s Get Romantic, Shall We? (+ Your Chance to Win a Romantic Trip in Europe!)
Whew! After a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, the day is here. You might think we’re talking about our 10th anniversary, but we’re actually talking about the release of our latest book, Married with Luggage: What We Learned About Love by Traveling the World. Our favorite reader review so far? …their story has me […]
April 16, 2014
Reconnecting with a Lost Love (Podcast #58 with Michelle Colon-Johnson)
Married with Luggage: The Podcast is a weekly 20-minute podcast where we share lessons about love from our own adventures and couples just like you. We invite you to make every Wednesday a standing date with the Married with Luggage Podcast. “Grow old with me, the best is yet to be.” ~ Robert Browning Show Notes Have you ever […]
April 13, 2014
How We Write Books Together
We sit side by side at the desk, sharing amusing anecdotes and agreeing on every sentence that gets typed. We smile warmly at each other, amazed at how fast the story flows. It’s effortless, just like our love. Nice image, huh? Too bad it’s not true. How we write books together is a lot like […]
April 9, 2014
Spicing Up Your Sex Life (Podcast #57 with Cecilie Kjensli)
Married with Luggage: The Podcast is a weekly 20-minute podcast where we share lessons about love from our own adventures and couples just like you. We invite you to make every Wednesday a standing date with the Married with Luggage Podcast. It’s been so long since I’ve had sex I’ve forgotten who ties up whom.” Joan Rivers […]
April 6, 2014
Embracing Unconventional Romance
This week Betsy and I completed the second draft of our latest book, Married with Luggage: What We Learned About Love by Traveling the World. We celebrated with a long walk through the hills surrounding our village here in Spain. It was an opportunity to step away from the words and launch planning and just […]
