For me it is ALWAYS about the people...at least that is my focus when I travel. In China, the week of October 1 to October 7 is their natio...

We left on October 6 and returned on October 26. During this time we cruised, bussed and walked a large chunk of China. The map bel...

Only one larva crawling across the pantry ceiling this morning.  They will have three weeks to reproduce and restore, but I have done the be...

Circling the wagons? The list of detail things to be done before our trip is endless. I have a house sitter who came by two days ago w...

Some of us elders have the luxury of hanging out with Millennials.  I had back-too-back late 30 and early 40 somethings for two weekends ...

My days have been filled with company and volunteer work and a few meetings. While I know that being active is very important in retiremen...

As in introvert I have found this rapidly ending summer to be a little "too much" in my face. I spent two weeks very closely int...

I purchased a second hummingbird feeder so that the hummers would fight less and find that they prefer only one. I switch them and it makes...

End of August and all of September usually mean the height of crabbing season. Some folks find the whole crustacean body thing offputting...

When I get depressed as I have been (see prior post) I tend to focus on chores and all those bits and pieces of life that I have put off.  ...

We have returned the dog and my kids are home from their trip to Europe. Many lovely photos posted of all their adventures so I could pre...

The older you get, unless you have accumulated millions of dollars, the less important you are to the lives of others. I used to get grand...

I was supposed to have guests this weekend, but since they are millennials, they had a job issue and had to cancel. I understand this becau...

Nothing can test a marriage more than spending days in hotel rooms with a sibling and an in-law. We survived, but the biggest dance was ar...

Back in 1962 Montana set out a tourism promotion and called the state "Big Sky Country". Miles of flat land and nothing but the...