puzzling

Mom and I finished the puzzle that we started on Thanksgiving. I think we both enjoyed putting it together. Is this the start of a new little hobby?

Gate A-4 by Naomi Shihab Nye

(formatting is not copying correctly, please check out the way the poem should be seen at https://poets.org/poem/gate-4) Wandering around the Albuquerque Airport Terminal, after learningmy flight had been delayed four hours, I heard an announcement:“If anyone in the vicinity of Gate A-4 understands any Arabic, pleasecome to the gate immediately.” Well—one pauses these days. Gate…

Trip to Yellowstone – part 3 (Sunday, 10/29)

Since we’d gotten up early the day before, we took it a bit easier on Sunday. The plan was to go out to breakfast then head to the park. We had our sights set on a pancake house that was nearby the house. MT thought he’d seen a sign in the window about it being…

Trip to Yellowstone – part 2 (Saturday, 10/28)

The plan was to leave early in order to get to the park either at sunrise or shortly thereafter. Sandy and I got up early and (she) made coffee and eggs. I preheated the oven and put the biscuits in. Breakfast was ready at 7 am, and everyone generally complied with our plan to head…

August was …

This month I did the Instagram challenge provided by Susannah Conway to post a photo inspired by a different word or phrase every day. I think I did most of them. “August was…” was today’s last and final word, as she will no longer be doing these photo challenges anymore. I realized that my August…

Days 13-14 (so far): Barcelona, Barcelona > Paris > LAX

Hello from my flight to LAX! It’s 7:49 pm where I left Paris. It’s 10:50 am where I’m going to land in LAX. It’s so hard to manage your time when you’re flying west. Do you sleep now or not? Do you act like it’s the time where you flew from or where you’re going?…

Days 11-12: Barcelona

I was too tuckered out to write last night, so here’s a recap of the last two days. Day 11 Sandy & I have enjoyed our fairly early morning walks around the Gothic Quarter areas so we did it again. This time we stopped first at La Boqueria and had another look around. We bought…

Day 10: Barcelona

Sandy and I set out again fairly early this morning to get some breakfast. We ended up making kind of a large circle around the Gothic Quarter. We finally stopped at a little corner cafe next to the Santa Maria del Pi church called Giovanni where we had an amazing croissant and a so-so cafe…

Day 9: Barcelona

The last few days we’ve been getting going around 11 am which is when we’d get something for breakfast and a coffee. That wasn’t working too well for me since I wake up pretty early. So this morning, Sandy and I left Mom sleeping and we went to a small bakery for breakfast and coffee…

Day 8: Barcelona

We didn’t get going today until 11 am, and I was a bit ‘hangry’ by then. We went to Pasteleria Escriba and had croissants and coffee, and I felt right again. We had 12 pm tickets to tour Palau Güell, containing early work of Antoni Gaudi, and I’m here to tell you, it was stunning….