Monthly Archives: July 2013 Cold. Dark. Completely dark – but for the stars overhead – and cold. And early! Way too early. It was 5:15am in California’s Eastern Sierras. A small clutch of cars and a congregated group of people with their hands shoved deep in their pockets, huddled against the kind of piercing cold that only a dry […]  It was pouring. Of course it was! It rained every day of our visit to Ireland last June. Not all day, but every day. The silver lining was that were were going to be comfortably seated on a bus tour of County Clare all day, and not walking the wilds of the Dingle Peninsula, County […]  It’s just a simple burmese morning market – in a dirty dusty street somewhere in Mandalay. Most of the vendors are seated on the ground on woven bamboo mats. The rubbish and the dogs threaten to encroach on the wares for sale. But, the vegetables are fresh, and the smiles are freely given. I love exploring […]  It’s a concrete-and-plastic jungle… So much of the area around Kissimmee and Orlando in Florida is interconnecting highways, theme parks, condominiums, fast food, and tacky souvenir sales. It is pretty easy to think there is nothing else. But, you can escape – even if only for a few hours. It was time: we’d been in Kissimmee […] |
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