Ruthie Lanigan
Stories of Life

Shelby is my story of friendship, sickness and true love. A cat and her human. Our story began in 2006.  She was born in St. Louis, MO...

I never considered spending the week of Christmas in Mexico. It just sort of happened one day while Jim and I were talking about what we...

When I think about lessons I have learned in life, I think about my cat, Shelby. I had Shelby from the time she was 10 weeks old until...

Fall season is my favorite. It's filled with crisp air, beautiful colors and it's the season of ghosts and goblins. But do I believe in...

There is a funny story about London that I have to share. 12 years ago when I met Jim, I was planning a trip to London. When I told...

We left Brussels, Belgium on Saturday morning heading for Amsterdam. We had a couple stops and a couple revelations along the way. We...

Day 2 in Brussels started out with a very light breakfast at a coffee shop in our hotel. The coffee and pastries were amazing and the...

Time for another Minigan's Travels story. This year we are doing it a little different. We flew into Frankfurt today and immediately...

Summer Solstice. The longest day and shortest night of the year. Today, I felt the Universe's tilt and had a great day! Especially...

Porto is wine country. And it is beautiful. We hung out in Porto for a couple of days and enjoyed the hell out of ourselves. We walked...

Years ago I watched a movie named The Way. It was a story about a dad who went to France to get the remains of his son who was killed...

Peniche to Coimbra Heading up the coast, we decided to stop in a small fishing village named Peniche. Peniche is exactly as described - a...

It's been close to a year since we were in Portugal so I thought it was time to write about Portugal. We flew in to Lisbon and...

Saturday, May 1st of 2021 was my first yoga class. Well, my first in a long time. I had only tried practicing yoga a couple other times...

I love Springtime! It's the beginning of new things. Fresh starts. Sunshine! Outdoor activities. Today I was outside burning bushes...