December 25, 2016 in North America, United States
Every year for the past three I’ve consciously made this our “last family Christmas.” I’ve been tangibly aware, for a while now, that my young people are flying the nest […]
September 23, 2016 in Africa, Egypt, Travelogue
“You like Egyptian!!” Is yelled at me at least five times a day, by jolly shop keepers and tea shop owners as I wander by. They point at my head […]
September 18, 2016 in blog, Egypt, Travelogue
The sun really is the god of Egypt It isn’t hard to imagine why Ra reigned supreme in Egyptian mythology. The sun controls everything here, not just the rhythm of […]
September 13, 2016 in Africa, Egypt, Travelogue
Cairo does not exist inside the fantastic Egyptian Museum… …lined, shoulder to shoulder, two floors and endless rooms full of sarcophagi, canopic jars, pottery, deities, carvings of every sort, all […]
September 11, 2016 in Europe, Italy
There are no souls in the ossuary chapels, only bones. Bones of old men and of children. Bones of the pious and the damned. Bones of criminals, heads lopped off […]
September 10, 2016 in blog, Italy
It’s the colours that make this lake spectacular. The kaleidoscope that paints the mountains as the sun turns through the sky, dropping individual crystals of the glowing mosaic into place, […]
September 6, 2016 in Italy
The Sea… The sea, snaking silently between the stone walls, lapping at the mossy stone steps where ghostly feet of doges and bishops past still walk their nightly vigil, is […]
August 12, 2016 in TearAway, Travelogue
Nearly a decade and a few lives ago a dream sprouted. The seed was planted years before, as most dreams are, in stories told around dinner tables and in […]
January 15, 2016 in blog, Inspiration
It has been pointed out that I live in 1947. I didn’t realize this until it was mentioned to me, but it is absolutely true. I’ve lived in 1947 for […]
December 23, 2015 in Canada, North America, Travelogue
My house, at this moment, is a rodeo. At five thirty, when I gingerly tiptoed to my kitchen to quietly make tea and then tiptoe to my seat at the […]
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