“New York City, city of exaggerations. Place of Herculean ascensions and perilous falls.” (Kurt Wenzel) A first glance at the iconic New York City skyline certainly heightened our interest in touring Manhattan Island on our […]
Ruth and I recently completed a relaxing, sixteen day cruise on Princess Lines’ Caribbean Princess from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Quebec Canada. Enjoying calm seas and warm (but not overly hot) temperatures consistently throughout this […]
My wife and I will commence our 2019 summer vacation on Saturday July 27 with a thirteen day cruise from our home base in Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Quebec City, Canada. USFMAN looks forward to […]
“A spirit of thankfulness attracts others to your cause, ideas, and goals.(Skip Prichard) It’s cruising vacation time for us again as we embark this weekend on a thirteen day sea adventure north along the Atlantic […]
“I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans.” (Lou Gehrig Farewell Speech, July 4 , 1939) As I watch the news each day […]
A few weeks ago, I blogged that crossing a bridge offers a unique opportunity to embrace uplifting choice possibilities in the present moment as one transitions from past to future. In the following poem, I […]
“Our Army manned the air, it rammed the ramparts, it took over the airports, it did everything it had to do, and at Fort McHenry, under the rocket’s red glare it had nothing but victory” (Donald […]
“Democracy is government of the people, by the people, and for the people (Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address) In early evening on the 4th of July in our nation’s capital, President Trump will speak to this […]
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves” (Henry David Thoreau) The idea of getting lost on a well earned vacation raises immediate fears of a recipe for tourist disaster. Why would […]
“All for one and one for all.”( Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers) I never enjoyed engaging with others in contentious issue confrontation and feel proud that I survived to have completed over thirty years of […]
