condo

In late spring 2021, I sat on the couch adrift in my living room and asked Cody, “What are we doing here?”He didn’t know — he would never have traded a life in Montana, complete with a farmhouse, acreage, and a doggie hiking group, to live on a Blue Ridge…

When my husband and I first became empty nesters more than 20 years ago, we moved from our suburban Maryland home to a two-bedroom condo in Arlington, Virginia. We hoped to make some new friends as we started this chapter of our lives.The city itself was fun, and the living…

I thought I would hate living in a high-rise apartment. I grew up in the woods of northern Minnesota, watching deer and the occasional bear wander through the backyard. I’ve spent my adult life in suburban townhomes near large park reserves, a compromise between rural landscapes and the job opportunities…