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Often holidays, vacations and adventures begin with a single (rather significant) purchase, the airline ticket. Once obtained only through the handing over of an unholy amount of hard-earned cash and multiple visits to a travel agent, these days an international … Continue reading
A “cinquain” is a poem, though it is no ordinary poem. It is the preferred artistic method of an inebriated exposition. Or to put it another way… when people who I know have a few glasses of wine it is … Continue reading
The maintenance man at any camp is a rare and fascinating creature. For reasons known only to him a camp career is chosen, rather than a more profitable job in carpentry, utilities, or construction. Perhaps he simply isn’t a very … Continue reading
Recently both Ashley and I have been asked how we are able to afford the adventure we are undertaking on our way home to Australia. Aside from wondering what impression people have about our relative financial stability, it has led … Continue reading
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A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone. ~Jo Godwin I finally have it, the ultimate answer. I have put my finger on the proverbial pulse of the world and discovered how to halt the decline of … Continue reading
It doesn’t take much for my blood pressure to lower and my mind to slow, thereby entering that enviable state-of-mind that we humans call relaxation. I am, in fact, experiencing it at this very moment… sitting on the porch of … Continue reading
What is it about communal eating that makes it such a central part of our lifestyle? It is not, after all, the most attractive process to undertake in public. Compiling sustenance and shoveling one utensil after another into our gaping … Continue reading
In some nomadic cultures, packing up one’s livelihood is second-nature, simply a part of life. You wrap your items in a blanket, strap your baby in a papoose, put your yurt in your oxcart and off you go. I know … Continue reading
Conventions are held the world over for any number of reasons; trade conventions, hobbies, pastimes, fads, obsessions (haven’t you heard about Star trek conventions?) or pop cultural fads of the moment. But it is in America that these events are … Continue reading
As a devoted follower of NPR and the reading recommendations of Tina Brown, I was intrigued by this morning’s review of an essay by Geoff Dyer entitled “On Being an Only Child.” I wonder if the lack of siblings with … Continue reading
Beat Like Kerouac - now with child! 