https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/tamscamandpen4596/Various non-fiction pieces written by Tamara cobbinhourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/tamscamandpen4596/461659MARRY YOUR GREEK GOD RIGHT IN THE GREEK ISLES – that’s what I did. After thirty years, I found my first love and on September 29 th, 2005 we married on Santorini. The island of churches was an exquisite and romantic setting for a fairytale to come true. I finally found my prince and we married...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/tamscamandpen4596/461658No Problem a Jamaican can’t solve – For Real Mon! “No Problem Mon!” And it isn’t. Nothing is a problem for the people in the tourist industry of Jamaica. From making a special drink request to answering questions for simple directions, I found the people of this West Indies Island warm, polite,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/tamscamandpen4596/461657IT ISN’T A CHORE TO TRAVEL WITH KIDS Class is in session…Budget Travel 101 for the family. My family loved to go places when my children were young. We had a large family and it was expensive to venture out no matter how short or long the trip was to be. Even a drive to the next town for the day...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/tamscamandpen4596/458620THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION My mother thought she was a farmer. Even though she was raised as an upper class city girl and now lived in an upper class suburb, she truly believed she was a farmer. Our home even looked like a barn and it was painted bright red. So red that when the sun reflected off it,...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/tamscamandpen4596/447991*THIS WAS WRITTEN FOR A CONTEST ENTITLED IN THE SUBJECT LINE* THE ORANGE, GOLIATH AND THE BRAT “You are nothing but a thin skinned idiot. Even your spine shows through your sweater. Don’t call me until you have the answer I want to hear.” Slam!!! I just stared at the phone while sitting at my...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/tamscamandpen4596/447834Mrs. Jones’ Helper Look into the bottom off an empty bag of Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies and each crumb you find is as different and unique as my brother, Sam, and I. I loved pretty things like dolls and flowers; he liked dirt and trucks. I loved to sit and watch TV with a bag of my favorite...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/tamscamandpen4596/447833IF YOU CAN’T BEAT ‘EM - HAVE THEM JOIN YOU! What is guaranteed to happen each and every time you are on the phone? One or all of your children need you at that very moment to solve some earth shattering dilemma that will be the downfall of mankind if it is not dealt with in the very next minute....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/tamscamandpen4596/447571Remember- I Love You Always! Saturday, September 29 th, 2009 – 9:30am Lower Manhattan, New York City. The subway screeches to a halt and then echoing silence. It is the end of the line for “Train A”. The doors of the subway car open. As I enter into the abyss I am surrounded by drab prison grey....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/tamscamandpen4596/447570Today is January 25 of 2007. Dear Me, I hope to accomplish the following in 2007: 1. Write more. 2. Practice my photography more. 3. Continue Traveling……… Oh my, “Me,” – I am in big trouble. What a yawner set of goals. If I wasn’t really “Me” reading this drivel, then I would have lined the...