The title is in homage to our oldest, who kept a blog of that name while he worked and played across the United States years before it was cool. (Well dang. I suppose that offspring, if even for a little time, caught a bit of our wanderlust.) Anyway, we are in Lisbon, and I owe […]
Trips
Helsinki, Lisbon, then Évora, Portugal
We’re traveling! Four weeks in Europe including Portugal – a first for us – and Spain. We’ll finish in Amsterdam. Tom’s been there, but I have not. I’m really looking forward to it. And yes, you might notice that we’re down from six weeks to four. It felt right to shorten this trip. As we […]
The Airplane Seat Bag
The photo is my seat bag. This is the version for the long flight. The short flight requires much less thought.
Six weeks in Europe
“What if we went to Europe for six weeks or so and figured out what it might feel like to live there. ““You mean stay in one place? Get to know it?”“Yeah. Something like that.” It was innocent enough. The first thought was Italy. Maybe Bologna. Central enough for day trips. Lots of easy shopping. […]
Italy, 2022, part 3
The end of the trip: Rome, again, but not really.
Ice storms, cancelled flights, and early babies
Not to brag, but we had fun without you last week. The Dallas metroplex was caught up in a significant ice storm for several days. We had plans to fly in Tuesday. This would give us a week before a new grandchild was expected. On Sunday the weather warnings began, so we moved our flight […]