Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving. – Terry Pratchett. I think the above can be said about a lot of things. Every day is not the same, and whatever we do or see makes us wiser and more experienced. Just because the final destination is the starting point,…
Aches and Pains
As we mature, (Isn’t that a nice way to say getting older) we develop aches and pains. If you played football for any length of time the pains are more severe than the aches. It occurs to me that the ailments of maturity can take one over and make us self-centered. We concentrate on what…
No Plans
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.– Lao Tzu. I will admit that traveling with no plans would freak me out. Yet, I have friends who can just get in the car and head somewhere and are perfectly content to stop when a place looks interesting. They have no…
Summer Is Here
If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine, it’s lethal. – Paulo Coelho. Memorial Day is over and it seems like half the country traveled somewhere. The spread of Covid is diminishing and everyone’s thoughts are about returning to normal, whatever that means. Coelho’s words ring true. We have spent a year holed up in our…
Memorial Day
I would make a terrible speechwriter because words about this day should flow easily. So many have written and spoken about this day’s significance, but when I sit down to write the words don’t flow easily. Perhaps it is because my father survived both WW2 and Korea, so I don’t feel the same sense of…