[success]If we all worked on the assumption that what is accepted as true is really true, there would be little hope of advance. ~ Orville Wright.[/success] There are times when I’m reminded that I really do live in my own little world. And sometimes when I hear or…
[success] Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter. ~ Benjamin Disraeli[/success] Today I’m enjoying myself on the high seas heading towards St Maarten. Woohoo. If you want to know the ‘why’ of…
[success]Let us not be satisfied with just giving money. Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. So spread your love everywhere you go. ~ Mother Teresa[/success] I haven’t heard that song in donkey’s years…but as I began writing this…
It was my first trip to Rome. Harriet and I had decided we needed to expand our horizons and did we ever, just not in the way we’d anticipated. Pasta, the best pizza in the world, handsome Italians …did I forget history…didn’t mean to put it at the…
I stand accused. I’m crushed. Some friends have told me that the directions I gave them to our new home must be English directions, because they didn’t understand them and got lost…well not really lost…they had to call for clarification. But in the old days, before cell phones,…
A visit to Los Angeles isn’t complete without a trip to Disneyland. I love it, the kids love it, everyone loves it…who wouldn’t? I don’t/can’t ride on everything, well okay, I don’t/can’t ride on too many things, all right, I admit it, I hardly ever ride on anything. …
We were headed for the City of Angels and ran into challenges, with a short delay, in airline terms, of an hour and a half, due to mechanical failure. Airline speak for one of the overhead bins is broken. It took two engineers an hour and a half…
So here I am, a very unhappy twelve year old. Living in the middle of an old volcanic crater amidst steaming heat and sand. We settled into school, as best as we could. Changing schools becomes so much harder as you get older. Everyone has settled into their…
If you’ve read my bio you’ll know that we travelled a lot. As a kid, we moved every two years…home, school, towns, even countries. It was exhilarating and sometimes hard. Having to make new friends every couple of years became a really big challenge. When I was twelve…
I am truly blessed that this is home, where our Little Sprite holds baby alligators and mangroves thrive. I’m even grateful for the excessive heat in Summer because as my Darling One says, it keeps us loose. And although I think it’s just his way of putting a…