Should You Travel in the Time of Whatever-This-Is?

“Live with no excuses and travel with no regrets” ~ Oscar Wilde “Little by little, one travels far.” J.R. Tolkein “Live your life.” Dr. Regina Kohls “You worry too much.  Stop worrying.  It will be fine,” said my older daughter multiple times as we planned the...

What would it be like? Ask a Lithuanian.

A tourism campaign for Vilnius, Lithuania, declared itself “the g-spot of Europe,” because, “Nobody knows where it is, but when you find it—it’s amazing.” The spot, so to speak, is lovely, if not amazing, but the people are nothing short of amazing.  Actually heroic. ...

I knew you were coming. I baked a cake.

Come in! Well, well, well. Look who’s here. I haven’t seen you in many A year. If I knew you were comin’ I’d’ve baked a cake, baked a cake, baked a cake If I knew you were comin’ I’d’ve baked a cake Howdya do, howdya do,...

I Ran Away From Home During the Pandemic

Not sure when I hatched the plan. Was it when my husband came home from his doctor’s appointment at 10:30 one morning and found me in bed reading?  “I see you haven’t made it out of bed yet,” he said. Was it when he lay in bed, conversing with Siri in that slow,...

Americans Puttin’ on the Blitz

“Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill “Truth is incontrovertible.  Panic may resent it.  Ignorance may deride it.  Malice may distort it.  But there it is.”  Winston Churchill “We will not be...

Social Distancing Just Doesn’t Cut It

  “Touch is a social glue, and without it, we’re in danger of becoming unglued.”  Gregg Levoy* About five weeks ago (I first typed “five years”) my friend Susan and I sat on two park benches on opposite ends, putting us at least ten feet apart.  Before sitting,...

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