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Category Archives: Travel
Bicycle Adventure
I recently had some of the students whom we mentored over for lunch to catch up with our lives. One fo them has gotten into bicycle riding in a serious way, to the point hat he’s contemplating turning pro in … Continue reading
Posted in America, Happiness, Health and wellness, Thoughts & Musings, Travel
Tagged Adventure, Bicycles
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Postcard from Canada
To experience how the pebble of ordinary life could be transformed into a jewel through the magic eyes of travel, we have once again taken to the road along the Canadian Rockies. It’s been three years since we had been … Continue reading
Posted in America, Beauty, friendship, National Parks, Thoughts & Musings, Travel
Tagged Banff, Calgary, Canada, Glacier National Park, Jasper, Lake Louise
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Makes You Wonder
We have friends who own a travel agency, and over the years we have led some groups through Europe for them, so I especially appreciate how challenging it can be to deal with the ignorance of some people. THESE ARE … Continue reading
Riding
If you’re experiencing a sense of Déjà vu, the following selection for Poetry Monday comes to you from the archives. There is no question that Southern California is a car culture. Visitors who come here for the first time are … Continue reading
Posted in America, Cars, Los Angeles, Poetry, Thoughts & Musings, Travel
Tagged Lifestyle
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St. Ouen
It’s Monday morning, so it must be time for another Poem of the Week. Though pandemic travel restrictions prevent us still from visiting some of our favorite haunts, here is a piece to send you off on a virtual visit … Continue reading
Traveler
Welcome to another addition of Poetry Monday. This poem is the last in a themed series about travel and the traveler. Hope you enjoyed them all. Next week, we’ll continue our journey through words, but with a different focus. Your … Continue reading
Posted in America, Poetry, Thoughts & Musings, Travel
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The Last Step
Welcome back to Poetry Monday, a place far removed from Super Bowl Sunday. Hope you had a good weekend, and the following words get you started on the right path for the week. the last step standing on the rim, … Continue reading
Progress
It’s Monday morning. The recent storms have left the Southern California mountains vested with a magnificent mantle of white without burdening the inhabitants of the lower elevations with snow shoveling duties. Grateful for our geography, here is another offering for … Continue reading
Posted in America, History, News and politics, Poetry, Politics, Revolution, Thoughts & Musings, Travel
Tagged War
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Return
Welcome back to Poetry Monday. Hope you had a relaxing weekend. Here is your poetry offering to stat your week. Be well, stay safe. return coming back, the boomerang path, the return to the familiar grasp that launched the open … Continue reading
Posted in America, Family, Poetry, Thoughts & Musings, Travel
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Demobilized
It’s Monday morning, a national holiday to commemorate Martin Luther King. I wonder what he would think if he could see our country now? We, as at other times but more so now, need people of courage to lead, to … Continue reading
Posted in America, Poetry, Thoughts & Musings, Travel
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