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Remembering
Every year, every day, something else comes along to further the respect we feel for those who sacrificed everything and went to war. In our eyes, my father-in-law is a hero. Several generations of...
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The back roads taken
I love words. So much so that I have filled notebooks with words I hear, am fascinated by and collect. (Don‘t even ask about my note book collection.) But back to words. I subscribe to daily...
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A moving experience
A moving experience Warning: I may break into song from time to time. Sondra laughs at how often I do this when we are talking. So keep the songbook close by. This trip has put us into the Steve...
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Barcelona — say it and smile
Experience it and laugh out loud with joy. My goodness what a city. The architecture, the people, the food, the climate, and general flamboyant joy of the city take your breath away. Even when you...
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Casablanca — The stuff of dreams
. . . . Or, gasp, movies. Casablanca. Immediate reaction, even from people who didn’t see the movie…romance. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman. Tears, heart throbs. Drama. Romance (yes, again!) The...
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We all need a rainbow today
Wordsworth said “My heart leaps up when I behold a rainbow in the sky.” He sure had that right. Mother nature fills me with awe. A beautiful sunset or sunrise. The northern lights. Salmon leaping....
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Snoop lets fingers do the walking
I admit it. I’m a snoop. Have been all my life. It’s one of the reasons my career in communications was such a great fit for me. I’ve always wanted to know the back story, the reason why. The five...
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Take a rock walk
If you go down to the woods today you’re sure of a big surprise. Well maybe not the woods, but certainly the wetlands Every now and again something so delightful happens that you just have to share it...
View ArticleLife as a tree branch
Living in a pandemic environment gives you lots of time to think. And while I was pondering various levels of navel lint the other day, I suddenly thought about all the people I had encountered in my...
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Another pandemic project finished
I am sitting in my sunny, bright family room feeling incredibly smug. Today I finished something. Now this may not seem like much of an accomplishment, but for me, it’s major. You see, I love the...
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Our latest trip We have always loved to travel. We were bitten by the travel bug early in our lives, before we even knew each other. Another part of the meeting of souls meant to be together I...
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It’s always about the food
So imagine David Attenborough is talking…. And as the curtain comes down on the stage that is Lisbon, I am reminded that what we have witnessed here is a metaphor…. A metaphor that explains all the...
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I’m on about food again
It seems when you travel, planning happens around what you want to eat, when you want to eat it and where you want to be while you’re eating it. My preference is something with sauces at a table...
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The yellow house
My friend Nancy wanted to know more about our yellow house, so if you’re interested too here goes. Ken finds all our travel accommodations through a research method he has developed for himself. He’s...
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We’ve left Lisbon and the Algarve behind us and are in a place called Figuera da Foz. We’ve started calling it Fig ra Foz because that‘s how it’s written on the highway directional signs, being too...
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Amazing Portugal
I feel as though I am in a constant state of jaw-dropped amazement. Portugal is amazing in so many ways. I’m not talking about the tiles…which are amazing, and the architecture, which is all it’s...
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Random thoughts on Portugal
There’s no common thread here except what exists in my own mind. These are just random thoughts that occurred to me as we drove and walked around Portugal, in those few bits and pieces of it that we...
View ArticleYou gotta have faith
This is two, possibly three stories in one. I’ll start with the back story. Ken is an air force brat. His Dad was a pilot with the RAF during World War II, earning among other honours, the...
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OMG Porto!
We’ve been staying in what I have been referring to as Swan house for two reasons….the cement pond (yes, I sing about Jed from Hillbillies when I call it this, what can I say) in the front garden...
View ArticleRabbit holes call to me
I keep falling down the same Pinterest rabbit hole. And it’s all because of my attention span. Or rather lack thereof. But that too is a contradiction. Because when I venture down these rabbit...
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