I am dismayed by the many adverse changes that occur as we age, and also aware that virtually all of them were predicted (accurately) by people we knew who reached seniority before […]
Then we went to Barcelona
So we went to Lago Maggiore
To escape the heat of Rome … and got only one and a half pleasant days, before Stresa also climbed into the 30s. Stresa is the principal Lago Maggiore resort town along […]
The Reality of Rome
Go out the rear door of our apartment building, turn right, walk 20 meters, and this is what you see. Walk down the street one block, and there’s this. Along the lane […]
Random Musing
I took a photo with my iPhone of a lane near where I live. Computer software, an app, did this to it. I wish I had this talent, among other talents I […]
Vagabonding
The pins stuck on this world map point out the places we have been during our 30+ years of marriage. Initially, the pin colors were to indicate places Holly went alone, places […]
Further Considerations of Rome
That is the dichotomy of Rome: Life and Death. It is a dead city, very much alive. Maybe the frenzy of life in Rome are the continual reminders of the old and the […]
First consideration of Rome
We had a good lunch here one day. We haven’t yet had a bad meal in a restaurant in Rome, although some are better, a few are superior. That’s my first consideration […]
My first amico
Been living in Rome 9 days now, and finally made a friend.
Tweedly-dee, tweedly-dum
I intend to work this morning, but not until 4 loads of laundry are finished, some clothes and things are resorted in preparation for moving (again), and maybe a little trip to […]
I’ve been tagged
I don’t think I’ve been tagged before; if so, I must have missed it. Something about it feels odd, but also sort of flattering. Kate tagged me. Kate writes beautifully, and I […]
Stairs or ladder?
A Semi-Final Consideration of Mexico City
Our two years in Mexico City came to an end a few days ago; we are for the month in Boulder, Colorado, then on to Washington, DC, for two months, and to […]
Random blogging
When I started “blogging,” some seven or eight years ago, like any new toy, I played with it to total distraction; also like a toy, I wore it out from overuse. It, […]
Then we went to San Miguel & Guanajuato
Last week we traveled by bus (a rather luxurious one at that) from Mexico City to San Miguel de Allende, about four hours, the “we” being Holly and me and our long-time foreign […]
In days of yore
What is yore, anyway? Doing computer housekeeping today, cleaning out an abundance of photos, putting them on a storage desk; I need to store about 10,000 photos somewhere, because they are bogging […]
