I have emerged, finally and maybe only temporarily, from a wifi-deprived existence on the other side of the world. Arrived at Narita Airport at about 4:30 pm. Bought tickets at the obvious ticket place near Arrivals, for the Narita Express to Tokyo Station. Leaves every 30 minutes. Seats are assigned. We were directed to Track…
An opportunity has arisen which will send me to a conference in Kyoto. Japan has never been near the top of my list. I hasn’t even been ON my list. That is what makes it a true adventure! I am more anxious about this trip than going to the Amazon. In the Amazon I could…
Here are some excellent travel tips (Cooking in a hotel room) from Natalie Tran, the YouTube sensation from Australia. Search on YouTube for more of her travel videos. However, I’m off on another trip soon, so maybe I’ll put these cooking skills to work.
Daughter A is a volunteer Nest Box Monitor for the Stanley Park Ecology Society. She goes around the park once a week, observing activity and reporting the data. Usually she runs, but last weekend she turned it into a walk and we joined her, binoculars, camera and Peterson guide in hand. Husband and I took transit to…
I’ve been overly occupied with work during the last few months. But I’ve got a couple of difficult assignments behind me and am ready to lighten up. Let’s start with some music and Cuba – spend 11 minutes to watch this video shot in Matanzas. It is really good – I will be very disappointed…
{This was composed on a flight and saved for posting on a slow day…} I’ve been browsing through the movies selections, planning my entertainment for the next few hours, as well as the return trip. Under ‘Documentaries’ is My Perestroika, the story of 5 people from the last generation to be brought up behind the…
One morning while her husband was out, Anne was at home caring for their young son. They were caretakers of a small apartment building and, in exchange, had a suite in the basement. After the war, Ray enrolled as an engineering student at the University of BC. She was dressed in the typical cleaning clothes of the day –…
In early 1944 Anne had stopped working and was pregnant with their first child. Meanwhile, Ray got fired as he didn’t get along with his boss. This was a cause for some soul-searching and shame. Not only was he not fighting overseas like the rest of his peers, but he had been fired from his civilian…
Seeing Clarely 