Author Archives: Adrienne Cohen

About Adrienne Cohen

For more than a decade, Adrienne has been a freelance writer specializing in travel, food and drink, small business, urban agriculture, entrepreneurship, home design and decor, construction and real estate topics. Her bylined work has been featured in numerous print and online publications in this country and internationally. Read and follow her at goodfoodandfarawayplaces.com, or follow her here to get her thoughts on current events, modern life and the complexities of living in a fast-changing world.

December 7 . . .

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Adrienne Cohen

It’s December 7 — Pearl Harbor Day — but this day in history has other history
as well — some of it surprising. Continue reading →

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Being at home in the world

Posted on July 16, 2022 by Adrienne Cohen

Growing up, I had no home. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t homeless. But I never had a “home town,” a sense of belonging anywhere in particular. As an Army brat. I learned early on that home was wherever I … Continue reading →

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Time Lost and the Road Ahead

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Adrienne Cohen

It has been far too long since I boarded an airplane or walked up the gangplank to a ship. It seems like forever ago that I last hailed a cab in an unfamiliar city, or booked an excursion in a … Continue reading →

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Inauguration Day

Posted on January 20, 2021 by Adrienne Cohen

The bitter election of 2020 is over; the new president of the United States has been inaugurated. Can we all move forward now?
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Resolutions, regrets & new beginnings…

Posted on December 2, 2020 by Adrienne Cohen

It’s the unexpected that is often the most profound; be open to new experiences, and relish life for all its unexpectedness!
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When will we learn?

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Adrienne Cohen

I am crying for our country this morning. I have seen my share of protests over the decades; I have witnessed horror – assassinations, riots, wars, campus uprisings and police brutality. Too many times. I remember when peaceful demonstrations in … Continue reading →

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A bit of deja vu . . .

Posted on April 21, 2020 by Adrienne Cohen

I wrote this for a client a few years ago. When I recently came upon it in my file, it prompted memories, a bit of surprise and more than a little sadness. It was first published in an online magazine … Continue reading →

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And now it’s personal . . .

Posted on March 22, 2020 by Adrienne Cohen

Before the current Coronavirus pandemic ends, we will all be affected in ways we could not have imagined as little as a week ago. That has been brought home to me in a dozen different ways over just the past … Continue reading →

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The wisdom of an older age . . .

Posted on March 20, 2020 by Adrienne Cohen

There may be a crack in my armor, but I’m still in one piece. Truth be told, I sometimes feel as if I’m improving with age, like fine wine. I keep discovering things about myself, insights that took time to … Continue reading →

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The hug felt round the world . . .

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Adrienne Cohen

Yesterday afternoon an improbable scene unfolded in Dallas. A young woman just sentenced to 10 years in prison and the tearful teenage brother of a slain man came together in a wordless, but very public, display of shared anguish. It … Continue reading →

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