We’d had a certain reaction when we told folks that we were doing a barge and bike down the Danube River.
Continue reading “Barge (& Bike)”
We’d had a certain reaction when we told folks that we were doing a barge and bike down the Danube River.
Continue reading “Barge (& Bike)”
April is both the start and the finish and always comes with its own flow. This year had an exception, but the basic patterns remain unchanged.
Continue reading “Closed for the Season”I know that’s not the way the famous lines from Robert Frost’s poem begins, but for me, it’s been a constant in my life: that road most traveled.
Continue reading “The Road Most Traveled”I’ve been thinking about all the different hats that we all wear. Does our own Sorting Hat remember the important things?
Continue reading “Hats”By definition Peek – to take a brief look : glance. peeked ahead to the next chapter to see what would happen. I decided to peek back.
Continue reading “A Peek back at the Peak”It started out as a wordless Wednesday walk post, but time even ran away from me on a wordless post. Then I thought ah, Thursday doors, but again, it didn’t make it to the top of the list. So then I thought a Friday finish with doors being a metaphor for something? How about if the doors tied into my reading and I did a #what’sonyourbookshelf? Or do I just throw up my hands and say “what a week” and give it up and hit delete?
Continue reading “Weather what?”I stopped and did the math, and then the number made me do it again. It seems almost unfathomable.
Continue reading “I’d Rather be…skiing”And with a quick snappy click, the room descended into complete and total silence.
Continue reading “#Sundaystills The Road to silence”Take care of your memories, for you can not relive them.
Bob Dylan
I reviewed 2022 as I wrote our Christmas letter and thought about the year that is passing and the memories I will carry forward from it.
Continue reading “Thursday thoughts”Inside joke for hospital workers is to take the WHMIS code brown (which stands for “in facility hazardous spill”) and make it mean something else. Any guesses?
Continue reading “Definitely Not a Code Brown!”What I Wish I Knew Before I Retired
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