Category Archives: TRAVEL/PHOTO Themes

COOL MEMORIES IN HOT TIMES ~ A Greenlandic Escape

UGH!      Looking for a moment of relief from current events and summer’s scorching heat? When our beaches, lakes, and pools are overflowing and the world at large is an inferno of WTF crazy, I take a moment and … Continue reading

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UNFATHOMABLE – Strap On Your Jetpack

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up. It was the 60’s. I remember sitting at my desk and building the Revel Lunar Module model far into the wee hours of the night. … Continue reading

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There Are No Dragons On This Road Trip…

…except for the ones in the photos documenting our recent escapades during two weeks galavanting about in Germany, Ireland, and  Morocco. First stop, the Frankfurt Book Fair for the announcement of the winners for the 2024 🥳  German Children’s Literature Award … Continue reading

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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DAYDREAM

While temperatures continue to climb in the northern hemisphere, one way I try to keep cool is by imagining I am in Greenland again. I swipe my brow, close my eyes, and pretend the fan oscillating at my feet is … Continue reading

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WHERE THE LONE LOO LOOMS

After the last bout of rainfall, Black Angus dot a green Sonoma county field at the edge of the San Pablo Wildlife Refuge. A short distance further, a most curious structure looms in the vast marshland on the east side … Continue reading

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TIME FOR A SPIN

The moon is a waxing crescent tonight. It’s the kind of silver sliver that makes me want to lasso the tip, reel it in, swing my leg over it and… GIDDY-UP go for a ride. No rocket fuel necessary.   … Continue reading

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MY FEATHER(ED) FRIENDS – A Message from the Amazon

Was it the sunlight gleaming in the steaming emerald canopy that whet your curiosity before the steady downpour that urged you to soarhighabove the fragrant jungle floor? Or Was it afterwards,when you took flight and roseabovethe mazeof shallow puddles and swirling … Continue reading

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ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO – A Triple Decker Celebration

Where does the time go? Not only has it been forty-one years since I and ‘Mr. Man’ (as my kids lovingly refer to their father) tied the knot, but an entire year, that’s three-hundred-sixty-five-and-a-quarter days, has flown by since the … Continue reading

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SUNDAY PAWS – A Debut Water Experience

There’s a first time for everything…a baby’s first step, first smile, first word. A child’s first day of school, first best friend, first date. A first love, first heartbreak, first…you name it and there’s a first for it. Sometimes that … Continue reading

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SERMERSSUAQ UKARPALUGPOQ – An Earth Day Tribute

SermerssuaqThe Big Ice weepswailssighs at humankind’s inability to use their knowledge wisely  

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