Here’s another little poem I wrote while in Taos about the ‘shuttle’ drive from Albuquerque to Taos. This is a True Story Larry liked to talk of death whether he realized it or not he had many anecdotes about it there was the boulder that crashed down a mountain into a Greyhound bus traveling the…
Category: travel
NPM 27 of 30 (New Mexico Declaration)
Last week I traveled to Taos, New Mexico for a creativity retreat. While I plan to write in more detail about the whole experience, I’ll whet your appetite with this poem. I wrote it on the last day (along with everyone else writing their own versions). What’s interesting (maybe?) about this exercise was that it’s…
Favorite Photo of 2017
This one was pretty easy. It took place on that favorite day this year. The house is the Hamilton-Turner house, and then this horse-drawn carriage giving tours of the Historic District just happened to pass in front, the horse clopping on the cobblestones. The air was heavy and hot, and I was utterly charmed.
Best Day(s) of 2017
Thank goodness I keep a daily gratitude journal so I can look back at my year. Some days are very vague like “I am grateful for salmon,” while other days I really capture everything that transpired. It’s become a micro-journal which is much easier for me to maintain. Today’s December Reflection is “Best Day of…
NaBloPoMo fail!
Yep, it completely slipped my mind that November is National Blog Posting Month. I was reading my sister’s blog at the beginning of the month, around the 5th or so, and that’s when I realized! Oh well. The month, though, has been pretty good. It started off with the Houston Astros winning the World Series….
OBX (and my return!)
Remember me? It’s been a while, I know. I always make the same excuses when I haven’t written in a long time. I’ll spare you. I changed up the theme of the blog, something I usually do when I try to get into posting more. It occurred to me that I have done a miserable…
no man’s land
I wrote a poem once about how 3 am is a no man’s land. It’s too late to still be up partying or whatever you’d like to do, and it’s too early to be up for the day. But here I am, for a couple reasons. I went to bed around 10 pm, after watching…
# 13 – Sagrada Familia & last day happenings (memories of Barcelona a year later – a series)
In present time, the Santa Ana winds are blowing and the first presidential debate just happened. I’d much rather be where I was a year ago. ~ 26 September 15 We are waiting for Sonia & Eric to arrive. We’ll go back to Enrique Tomas for ham sandwiches. This morning, I got up around 9…
# 12 – Sitges (memories of Barcelona a year later – a series)
This recap is coming into its last days, but there’s still plenty more to talk about! Here we go! ~ 25 September 15 Mom went to the doctor and was back quickly. Her foot seems fine they said which is good! We took a walk to take the portrait that Nuri gave Mom to a…
# 11 – fun day in BCN (memories of Barcelona a year later – a series)
If I haven’t mentioned it, you should definitely check out my mom’s blog (https://akinderworld.blogspot.com/) and my sister’s blog (https://redredhothead.blogspot.com/). They are both posting some about our trip last year with different photos and commentary. It’s awesome! Now on to the next installment! ~ 24 September 15 Mom got up early and headed to the doctor…
# 10 – last day in Playa de Aro (memories of Barcelona a year later – a series)
I can’t believe we’re already at Day 10! ~ 23 September 15 We got up around 8:30am. It was cloudy, but I asked Sandy if she wanted to take a walk and she did. We left around 10:30 am (after breakfast of croissants) and walked to the arches along the beach. It was a good…
# 9 – San Feliu & a home-cooked meal (memories of Barcelona a year later – a series)
Today’s installment of where I was and what I did one year ago today. Enjoy! ~ 22 September 15 This morning we got up leisurely around 8:30 am and got ourselves ready for the day. We all walked down to La Mallorquina and got ensaimadas. Mom got some other dulces, too. We went back to…
