Category: travel
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It’s a new year, so time for a new post
2025 has arrived like a shitstorm. LA seems to be burning up, and though the fires are far away from us, thank goodness, the emotional impact is still there. It’s like a collective holding of our breath waiting for the other shoe to drop as our world is on fire. But life, as always, goes…
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Semi-annual semi-adventure update
It’s been a while since I did something other than grouse about my injuries here. I am still in physical therapy getting over all of the various secondary issues I created for myself by breaking my elbow. Next on the hit parade: at long last physical therapy for my back! Oh, and this blog and…
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Ctrl-Alt-Esc (aka reboot time!)
Consider this the first post of a new blog. I’m still wrapping my head around the reality, but I retired! Okay, since I was a consultant a better way to phrase it might be that I didn’t renew my contract and we are still keeping the (virtual) lights on at our small business but for…
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Traveling in a pandemic
I guess I could call this “traveling in a post-pandemic world” but that wouldn’t be accurate as the infection numbers are creeping up some, fueled by a contagious variant and unvaccinated folks. We felt pretty confident having been fully vaccinated and so decided to head to the east coast to see family this July. I…
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Dipping our toes back in life
It’s mid-June and Chuck and I are fully vaccinated and starting to get back into the swing of “normal” life. This new normal involves always having a mask handy and washing our hands a LOT more than in pre-pandemic times. But in one big way life IS returning to normal – we’re starting to make…
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A Week Plus in Spain, Part One: A Very Mellow Introduction to Andalusia
Our flight from Nairobi to Paris was long but uneventful. We got back in the late afternoon and said farewell to my sister and brother-in-law who were planning on spending a few days in Paris then heading home to Pittsburgh. We, on the other hand, headed to Roissy-en-France for the night so we could catch…
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