Why do the most interesting conversations or events which grow into the most interesting ideas happen when I am driving my car, exercisi...

Sometimes I feel so odd.  I may have a disease they have not yet named.  People who mix up letters and words are dyslexic.  What about peopl...

Benefit of the Doubt (Taken at Bonaventure Cemetery 2014) the elephant in the room don't talk about it carefully move around ...

The battery operated clock hangs on my wall in the TV room and is the rhythm section for such a quiet sunny morning.  It is the only way...

That roller coaster of Valentine's Day is over.  Aren't you glad?  When we lived overseas there were no stores or Internet orders an...

  Taken in Passau, Germany last year.

Canaveral National Seashore Apologies for stereotyping, but when viewed superficially we all seem to be either round pegs fitting into...

They appear Like soldiers Blue or black In neat dress Standing sharp Ready to Hit their mark Lined up In perfect rows Leaving...

My daughter had taken time for a girls' get-away to Florida two winters before and came back just furious that the weather had not been ...

We are fortunate enough to have friends that live in a small portion of the state of Florida that is still pristine.  Well, sort of... ...

Florida has over 1300 miles of coastline with beaches and a semi-tropical to tropical climate.  This is the draw for much of America and the...

What had possessed us to stay in this area?  It was a coupon for a free week, of course.  We had spent money on a wedding and other things t...

  There were three of them, two men one younger and one older and a young woman.  Two did not want to be there; they were never big on sy...

So, tell me...what do you think about travel?  Something to look forward to?  Something to be endured?  Something to be avoided?  What about...

Last month in between bouts of cold weather, we took two of our loved ones and headed out to the nearby "beach".  It is not on the...

I saw the second installment of  a movie, The Hunger Games, over the holidays.  I had read the book trilogy a few years ago, and wondered wh...

A series of pre-holiday incidents that made me think and wonder when I will get it right: In early December, when we were setting up our C...

My house is clean, my decorations packed away, my refrigerator and freezer being slowly emptied over the weeks ahead to use up all the ...

With all of life's struggles and challenges, there are always a few things in life one finds restorative.  A few things that give the ho...

As most of my readers know, I am not a religious person.  I could write that I am an agnostic, but I am not a person who spends energies ...