“Anybody can buy. It takes an artist to shop.” (Jennifer Finney Boylan) I’ve never been particularly accomplished at shopping in our travels. On cruise vacations, for example, I often impulsively ignore bargaining with local merchants […]
“Like a path frequently traveled becomes clear and well-marked in the forest, so too does the path to your soul become more clearly marked in your consciousness.” (Genevieve Gerard) Have you ever been stuck in […]
“Don’t wait for the sunshine to brighten your day.” (Anthony T. Hindi’s) Ruth and I certainly needed a relaxing break from lingering family crisis now. Yet I fully expected the rapid approach of Tropical Storm […]
” If winning isn’t everything, why do they keep score?” (Vince Lombardi) In this modern era of digital information overload, how do scoreboards capture my live sports attention during baseball/football season at home? Tradition holds […]
“Where we love is home, home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts” (Oliver Wendell Holmes) I’ve always embraced the stimulating “buzz” of community ideals existing in the college experience. For this reason, […]
“It’s been a long time since I rock and rolled, It’s been a long time since I did the Stroll.” Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back, Let me get […]
“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 […]
“It is a good habit to thank always the bridge which takes you to the other side or to mention the name of the bridge or to take the photo of it or to […]
“ I personally think there is a real danger of taking food too seriously. Food should be part of the bigger picture.” (Anthony Bourdain) The issue of personal food consumption has always reminded me of […]
“A person who is in a constant rat race seldom has time to think whether or not he is living his life properly” (Sunday Adelaja) An important part of planning for our road trips involves […]
