This is why we go to the North Shore of Oahu, so Hamburger can watch the pro surfers do their thang at Bonzai Pipeline (the first four pictures are Backdoor, though, not Pipe…these are the things you learn when you … Continue reading
We spent 13 full days in Hawaii (on the North Shore of Oahu, to be exact). Here are a few statistics: Days it rained: 13 Rainbows: lots Spicoli moments: 2 (You know that scene from “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” … Continue reading
Big excitement!!! You will never guess what happened yesterday!! I saw a banana slug (I told you you wouldn’t guess.) Why is a banana slug exciting? Well, because we were on a steam train cruising through the redwood forest outside … Continue reading
While I was off not-blogging, I read (some), but I also plotted adventures. Although I won’t be going anyplace new or exotic, I have made definite plans to: Go to Hawaii. Specifically, the North Shore in December. This will be … Continue reading
Tucson was fabulous, in a number of different ways. Other Jill (the blogger known as Rhapsody in Books, but who I call Other Jill, because, well, I’m Jill. Ergo, she’s Other Jill) was kind enough to host Alyce and I … Continue reading
So I wrote a post on Cloud Atlas for yesterday, and boy was that exhausting. Good thing I haven’t read many books this month…that means there’s nothing waiting for a post! Except Tucson. And that photography class from last month. … Continue reading
When I mentioned that I was thinking of stopping in Salinas to visit the National Steinbeck Center, Other Jill warned me that there is nothing else in Salinas and I should pack a lunch. She’s right. Actually, I knew this … Continue reading
As part of my 12 for 12, I’m toying (as in who knows if it’ll really happen) with the idea of visiting Washington DC this year. The only time I’ve ever visited our nation’s capitol was a rushed few days … Continue reading
This is Elizabeth Pain. Actually, it’s her gravestone. Seeing as how she died in 1704, there’s not much left of her. Also seeing as how the graveyards in Boston are mighty old and crowded, it’s highly unlikely that she was … Continue reading
In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish. ~S.I. Hayakawa
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
~St. Augustine
Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.
~Mark Twain
