Peace In The Margins

Writer. Wife. Cat companion. Finding peace through nature, books, yoga, and the quiet spaces of everyday life.

  • Peace In The Margins
  • A Place To Breathe
  • Between Breaths
  • Choosing Peace in a Season That Demands Stillness

    Choosing Peace in a Season That Demands Stillness

    This has been a winter to remember. The kind of winter that, decades from now, we’ll reference with a knowing smile and say, “I remember when…” It was a hard one by any measure. Frozen RV water lines. Trudging through nearly a foot of snow just to reach a water source. Moving slowly – carefully…

    Alicia Manautou

    February 2, 2026
    Creative Rant, This Week in History, Van Life, Journal, RV Life, full-time RV life, Yoga, Meditation & Wellness
    Walk for Peace, Buddhist Monks, Virginia, Snowstorm 2026, Today will be my peaceful day
  • The Year I Stopped Looking Back and Started Living RV Life

    You know you’re on the right track when you become uninterested in looking back. – anonymous  Some years make you cling to the rear-view mirror, desperate to understand the bumps you hit. Other years? They make you tuck it up, fog the glass, and drive on. This year was the kind that tried to shake…

    Alicia Manautou

    December 30, 2025
    full-time RV life, Pets on the Road, RV Life, Two Cats, Van Life, Yoga, Meditation & Wellness
    crafting on travel days, Crochet, digital nomad in an RV, full-time RV life, healing through lifestyle change, holistic nutrition journey, intentional living, job loss and career change, life, Loom Knitting, mental-health, mindfulness and presence, remote work while traveling, RV Cats, RV Pets, spiritual growth, travel, wellness on the road, Writing
  • Confessions of a C-Rated Black Tank

    Confessions of a C-Rated Black Tank

    Our Eye-Opening RV Tank Flush with Kleen Tank Of all the things we’ve picked up on the road so far, one lesson towers above the rest: keeping your tanks clean (and avoiding the dreaded “poop pyramid”) is non-negotiable. We thought we were ready for whatever might flush out of our RV tanks… until Connie from…

    Alicia Manautou

    August 22, 2025
    Manautou Mayhem, RV Life, Van Life
    blog, Full-Time RV, Kleen Tank, life, Poop Pyramid, rv, RV Life, RV Tank Flush, Thor Freedom Elite, travel, Writing
  • Embracing the Unexpected: Our Journey to Full-Time RV Living

    Embracing the Unexpected: Our Journey to Full-Time RV Living

    A few months ago, I found myself reflecting on the old cliché, “The only constant in life is change.” What I didn’t expect was just how profound that change would be. At the end of May, I was unexpectedly let go from a job I truly loved at a legal office. The news blindsided me and, for…

    Alicia Manautou

    July 18, 2025
    Job Search, Manautou Mayhem, Marriage, RV Life, Van Life
    Camping, Chasing Dream, Family, Full-Time RV, Job Loss, Job Search, life, rv, RV Life, Thor Freedom Eliet, travel, Van Life
  • The only thing constant is…

    The only thing constant is…

    It seems like the only constant for me is my ability to be inconsistent. At some point I’ll make a habit of posting on the regular. Until then, here I am. So, I’ve made it through my first complete cycle of four seasons, my second Virginia winter; this year’s being much harsher than last. I’ve…

    Alicia Manautou

    April 3, 2025
    Uncategorized
  • Love Language

    Love Language

    There’s absolutely something to individual love languages – books and tests abound on the subject. I am here to clear things up when it comes to women. (Take note men!) While everyone has those specific things that speak to their soul like gifts, affirmations, or service, let me tell you what women really want:

    Alicia Manautou

    August 1, 2024
    Journal, Marriage
    Romance
  • Let Them

    Let Them

    “Let us respect gray hairs, especially our own.” — J. P. Sears  Some of you are aware of the struggles I endured concerning my decision to no longer color my hair and let Mother Nature rule the beauty roost. Sexism and worldly beauty expectations forced me from a place where I had proven myself as…

    Alicia Manautou

    June 4, 2024
    Journal, Stress
    Age, beauty, Finding Peace, Going Gray, Gray Hair, hair, Let Them, lifestyle, Starting Over
  • It’s in the Little Things

    It’s in the Little Things

    The little things – the long baths, the page turning novels, the quiet Saturday mornings, the starts, the oceans, the city lights – they were the big things after all. – The little things – the long baths, the page turning novels, the quiet Saturday mornings, the starts, the oceans, the city lights – they…

    Alicia Manautou

    May 22, 2024
    Journal, Manautou Mayhem, Marriage, Movies
    Journal, life, Living Life, movie-reviews, Movies, Pretty Woman, richard-gere, Romance
  • Hello Stranger by Katherine Center

    Katherine Center where have you been all my life!!?? I’m blown away at how much I felt while reading Sadie and “Joe’s” story. Blindsided you might say.  Here is where it happened for me – when you locked me in with full-throttled investment: “…as if my soul had been rained on and couldn’t dry out.” …

    Alicia Manautou

    July 18, 2023
    Book Review, Netgalley, The Smell of Books
    Audiobook, Katherine Center, Recommended Books, Romance, romcom
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