Tag: travel
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Reconfiguring
I find it hard to believe that the year is almost at an end and I have yet to add to this blog. Quite simply, my lack of action is pathetic. I have no excuse other than I did not feel the need to write and I was just bumming. While this blog has focused…
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Limbo
When I actually start a writing project, doing the research and pondering how to present the facts, I can very easily get back into what I’ve enjoyed doing for so many years. But there have been many times in the last few years when inspiration was lacking and the desire to report, weak. Good observations…
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Sunday in St. Albans
It’s not often that my Sunday afternoon walk involves and looks like this: • Watching a delightful open-air production of the Taming of the Shrew on the grounds of St. Albans Cathedral, about 22 miles north of London • Viewing Roman ruins dating back to AD 250 • Eyeing what’s possibly the oldest pub in…
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Paris Obsessions
Our introduction to this city of lovers was far from romantic. We had planned on a leisurely Seine-side meander and arrived at our starting point at place de la Concorde in pouring rain! With only one umbrella between us (that was romantic) we made our way across this gigantic square navigating a busy intersection clogged…
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Prague Summer
I had every intention of rereading Kafka, The Metamorphosis in particular, before we left for his birthplace in the Czech Republic a fortnight ago. It was not to be. I still have the volume by my bedside and will get straight to it after I finish my current favorite Coetzee’s Scenes from a Provincial Life.…
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Philadelphia Spring
Philadelphia is a historic city and I had a few days to wander around to my hearts’ content recently. Walking down roads, old alleys and beautiful little squares — I found that what I appreciated most was the more advanced spring there than the one I left behind in Michigan, where Mother Nature has been…
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California Dreamin’
“All the leaves are brown and the sky is gray, I’ve been for a walk on a winter’s day. I’d be safe and warm if I was in L.A. — California dreaming on such a winter’s day. “ I can hear these words in my head and the singer that I associate most with this…
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Concerning CERN
I never imagined that I would write about scientific experiments in my blog, and much less visit the European Organization for Nuclear Research. Left to my own devices, I’m more about nature, food, architecture and people when I travel. But what has stayed with me and awakened my long inert science nerve from this recent…
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Asian Odyssey
Dear Friends, As the holiday season approaches, we are making busy preparations for our Asian sojourn beginning Jan. 3rd 2010. Instead of holiday greeting cards, I’m starting a blog this year to take all of you on our journey as well, if you are so inclined. Buckle up! Depending on what moves me, expect to…
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