I hit the enter key for the dozenth time. “Nothing available on that date. Try again,” says Electronic Madame Ticket Agent. What’s really frustrating is that I already have a free ticket to Paris, non-stop no less, purchased three days earlier with frequent flier miles. And now, I’m attempting to reduce my stay in Paris …
Month: July 2022
Adults Only, Summer Rerun
First, apologies for yesterday's weird post - literally, it was a slip of the finger. I'm on a short break from the blog, so I'm offering you a rerun of an earlier post. Sneak preview - a future blog will reveal some significant changes in my travel style. Stay tuned. And now, without further ado, …
A Farewell to Arms
About a year or so ago, a friend informed me that she would no longer be wearing sleeveless clothing. I had no idea why she would force such a prohibition on herself. She proceeded to remove her sweater so I could view her “wings,” those flaps of underarm skin many of us women develop later …
Slow down, you move too fast.
People have been asking me to slow down my entire life. I think I may have developed the habit of moving at a quick pace during my childhood because my mother, a tall-ish woman, walked fast and I was forced to figure out how to keep up. A colleague who was taking a pottery class …
Slow Down, You Move Too Fast
People have been asking me to slow down my entire life. I think I may have developed the habit of moving at a quick pace during my childhood because my mother, a tall-ish woman, walked fast and I was forced to figure out how to keep up. A colleague who was taking a pottery class …
Make new friends, but keep the old
One is silver and the other’s gold(Girl Scout anthem) Ya gotta have friends (Bette Midler) Friends, friends, friends, we will always be(Camp Mataponi) Thomas Hardy declared "New love is brightest, and long love is greatest, but revived love is the tenderest thing known upon earth." That sentence makes me want to weep, as I fantasize about …
Moving and Shaking 