I woke up this morning dreaming about a trip to Israel that I took in 2008. It was not an exciting dream, just a dream about being a tourist there as I lived it back then. I thought I would share some of my photos from the trip with you.
THE AUBURN CORD DUESENBERG AUTOMOBILE MUSEUM An item on my bucket list is to visit every classic and antique car museum in the United States. But of all the car museums I have visited over the years, one that I would like to see again is this one, the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum in…
DetailsDefinition: Peregrinate Webster’s Dictionary defines “peregrinate” as: to walk or travel over; traverse. It also says that the first recorded use of this word was in the year 1593. I would hate to think that in the 2000s, we lose a wonderful word like “peregrinate.” Let’s all use it in a sentence some time this week, such…
DetailsCut Flowers vs. Potted Plants Recently, I hosted a dinner party. One guest brought a potted plant and another brought cut flowers. Which was the better gift? I’m coming out on the side of cut flowers. Cut flowers will eventually wilt and can either get composted, or if one is fearless about the earth’s detritus, get…
DetailsI’m Amazed Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m amazed by something and thought I would share it with you. There are ways to contact me through this website, and people do that. That’s just fine. That’s what those processes are actually for. Every few contacts, someone sneaks in a business pitch. Here’s the amazing part: They want…
DetailsGenetics and Itchy Feet My grandfather had itchy feet, coming from Russia, through Nazi Germany, to Ellis Island, and all the way to Cleveland, Ohio. My father, had itchy feet, too, as in suddenly running off to catch a plane for somewhere. So it’s no surprise that I also have had bad cases of itchy…
DetailsI’ve added some new links to the Links page. I’m trying to be rather choosy about what gets added, and where. Take a look and see if you find any new sites or information that you might find useful.
Paring Down Over the past year, my husband and I have been paring down. I, in particular, have been shedding things that will never be useful to me again, donating bags of books to the library, selling things, and donating stuff that could find happy homes elsewhere. I’ve been finishing projects, and paying others to…
DetailsDefinition: Voyage I thought it was time to visit another definition. Here is the full Merriam-Webster definition of Voyage: 1: an act or instance of traveling : journey 2: a course or period of traveling by other than land routes <a long sea voyage> 3: an account of a journey especially by sea Examples of VOYAGE: The Titanic sank on…
DetailsBookRhythm is sponsoring a 2-day flash giveaway of my audiobook Depression Carpenter. The Facebook entry page is: https://www.facebook.com/events/1667819960112272/permalink/1672919849602283/. Be ready to post a Throwback Thursday photo as part of the contest.
Justin D. Torres did an amazing job narrating the audiobook, and that’s according to Audiofile Magazine.
