Wow! Here is an ADVENTURE!

I’ve been quite pleased with myself (“chuffed”, as they say) in my ongoing day dreams. People pretend to be quite impressed by my experience and plans for the Camino in Spain, and I enjoy that. However, I recently learned about an acquaintance who is now on a SERIOUS walk that puts my plans to shame. Her adventure goes above…

Next time we should walk to the triathlon!

The 750 m swim, 20 km bike ride, and 5 km run were the easy parts, at least for the accompanying persons! We got off to a bad start on exiting the tight turn in the driveway. With a bicycle and 3 adults in a tiny car, visibility was not optimal and the driver’s mind…

A fable of family and fire

You know how summer cottages are – the home for cast off furniture and family flareups of both the incendiary and emotional kind. We spent the weekend at the cottage of some family friends.  Everyone was encouraged to create a piece of art. (Disclaimer: The following account is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to…

Seeing Clarely on location – Sampling Clarely

The wine-producing Clare Valley drew my attention and gave me some ideas for my online identity. The main building at the small Clare airfield welcomes arrivals with two portapotties. I don’t think I’ll use the following photo as my blog avatar. Since it was midweek, the day trippers and weekenders from Adelaide were absent. That…

Driving downunder

We’ve been in Australia for a week now… Sydney – Had coffee with a couple I hadn’t see in about 40 years – “Facebook finds” who happened to be visiting  here from Venezuela. Then went to the Royal Easter Show which is a combo agricultural fair, midway, rodeo, trade show and entertainment event just like…

Scary transition! iPhone to Android

Everyone’s grandmother has an iPhone these days, so I need to step up the game to show that I am au courant. My own grandmother has been dead for some time now, and although my 90-year-old mother doesn’t have an iPhone, she does have a cell phone. Never mind that she carried it around for 3…