Empire State of Mind
Sometimes, and let me be clear, only sometimes, I don’t think I’m bitchy enough to be a writer. (That alone should be enough to spark more interest in my blog than usual) I was on a plane to New York...
View ArticleGot Oil?
We’re not always at our best. I should speak for myself, I suppose, but I like to think I’m not alone. We get busy, we get tired and we get sick. We. Get. Swamped. But, for some reason, we plod on....
View ArticleAs Luck Would Have It
Well, it’s pouring. No, let me change that to bucketing. For some, a depressing downer of a wet day, but for me, a perfect opportunity to hole up fireside and delve into post number fifty-one. I’m...
View ArticleWhere Has (all the) Hazy Gone?
Your guess is as good as mine. What could possibly keep her from practicing her passion and fortifying her future? She has been in Maui for a week, but that wouldn’t stop her. She’s more motivated than...
View ArticleColour Me A Camper
There’ll be hell to pay for this post. I will have all happy holidaying nature-lovers in a tizzy. Thor will rain down and strike me with his what are you thinking? club. I’ll be frowned upon by the...
View ArticleThe Skinny Of It
“Fifteen hundred calories? Oh, I can’t do that.” “Huh?” I murmur barely looking up from my menu. I drove my daughter, Ava, down to the States a couple of weekends ago to visit family friends. As...
View ArticleWhether You Like It Or Not
Exciting news, folks. I hope you have your seat belts fastened, because not only is this the first time I’ve typed and posted a blog from my phone, but I’ve also decided to take you with me. You are...
View ArticleA Little of This, A Little of That
This is where our journey started! — Well, we got here. And fairly unscathed, I might add. Apart from the fifty security checks, the twenty-mile hike at Heathrow from terminal three to terminal one and...
View ArticleIt’s All Good
I give my utmost hats off to travel writers. While traveling lends an appreciable amount of material, writing during traveling is not for the weak fingered. The already challenging task of sitting down...
View ArticleEleven Things I Learned In Mexico
1. Glass-bottomed slippers are as slippery as they look 2. After several “free” drinks, you will still feel pain 3. Walking over fire will not save your soul…s – it will burn them 4. “Extra...
View ArticleTravel and Thump
Coming up with posts these days is hard. Yeah, it’s summer and the status quo is gone, but I don’t think that’s the sole reason it’s been tough. And right about now, you probably think I’m going to...
View ArticleSmooth Skating
Ironing. I have to admit that although I have 100% British blood racing through my veins, I don’t iron a damn thing unless it’s absolutely necessary. But it’s different here. So I’m different here....
View ArticleTick Clock
My time here is coming to an end. Normally, the word slowly might have been in there, but not so…this time. This time, time is running round the room. And I’m chasing its cheeky little naked bum,...
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