FYI Archives - Luci Westphal

Red-winged black bird, 1 dollar bill, buy local tampa bay

Discover and Buy Local from Tampa Bay Artists and Makers

Tampa Bay’s LocalShops1 created a great online marketplace to support local artists, makers and small businesses – and to help everyone find unique products. It’s a win-win for a healthy community!

Snowy Egret coming in for landing on new LuciWest photography website and blog

New Landing Spot: My New Merged Relaunched Imperfect Website

This new LuciWest site has been a work-in-progress long enough, and it doesn’t seem I’ll ever get it “just right”. Therefore, I’m now officially declaring it launched – or relaunched.

Great white egret on tree, pink roseate spoonbill in flight, facing away

Introspection, Reflection and Need for Action – by a White German Expat in America

During the anguish of these days, something comes through clearly: it’s not enough to think one is not a racist, one has to be a proactive anti-racist. And that starts with some introspection and reflection.

First Impressions From My Florida Garden

Leaving behind my thriving Colorado garden when moving to Florida 2 1/2 months ago was especially sad because it was in late spring, just at…

Happy Happiness Day!

Today (March 20th) is the International Day of Happiness, and I wish all of you an especially happy day! Since 2013, the United Nations has…

Happier Place – The What, Why and How

A few months ago, Scott and I launched Happier Place. It’s been keeping me so busy I haven’t gotten around to writing about the whole…

Get a Moving Postcard wall calendar as a Thank you for supporting my videos!

To celebrate creativity, exploring and sharing in 2017, I am offering a 13-month wall calendar featuring photos from my Moving Postcard web series. The Moving…

Photos of Fort Collins, Colorado

A few pictures I took over the last two weeks of Fort Collins, Colorado, the increasingly popular college town I happen to call home right…

Travel more with Moving Postcard!

Let’s travel together! Let’s talk to each other! Let’s inspire one another! Let’s share something beautiful! I love to explore, create, share, and to interact…

Moving Postcard Trailer (2016)

Finally, I’ve put together a new Moving Postcard trailer, which gives a you super quick glimpse into the main Moving Postcard categories: In A Berlin…

St. Augustine Lighthouse (Florida) – In Another Minute (Week 290)

St. Augustine Lighthouse (Florida) – In Another Minute (Week 290) St. Augustine, in Northern Florida, is the site of the oldest permanent aid to navigation…

Get a postcard, a REAL postcard…

Sample postcard image from the In Another Minute series – Spain – In celebration of this week’s 5-year anniversary of the Moving Postcard video series,…

Six “In A Berlin Minute” videos back on YouTube

About 2 years ago, an algorithm at Google/YouTube decided that my Moving Postcard YouTube channel deserved to be shut down and all videos and comments…

Four Years of the Moving Postcard web series

Four (4!) years ago today, I published the 1st episode of my weekly 1-minute web series Moving Postcard. Back then the series was called German…

Windy Whiskey vlog + solution to YouTube “stuck in processing” issue

A quick and long-overdue update (in English + auf Deutsch) on where I am and what’s happening with my weekly Moving Postcard web series (which…

Good-Bye, New York City – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 196)

Good-Bye, New York City – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 196) from Luci Westphal on Vimeo. The day finally arrived this week: Scott and I…