Woke up fairly early but had gotten some good sleep. Used the morning hour to write the blog for day 8. Got my bag together. I went into Barbara’s room for a tearful (on my part, she was still half asleep) goodbye. It has been so wonderful traveling with her, and I’m really going to…
Category: vacation
Vacation – day 8: Methil => Kirkcaldy => Aberdour => Edinburgh
We were happy to leave Methil. I didn’t sleep much, though my sleep was okay during its 5 hours. And, weirdly, my sleep machine kind of broke in the morning. The button to turn it off stopped functioning, so I can still use it but I have to plug/unplug to turn it on/off. So that’s…
Vacation – day 7: Allandale => Falkirk => Doune => Falkland => St. Andrews => Methil
Another great day in Scotland! I didn’t fall out of the bed so it already started better! I took a shower and leisurely got my bag packed up. Barbara asked for an extra hour before check out so it was no big hurry. We got our breakfast rolls, sausage for me this time, and coffee…
Vacation – day 6: Allandale => Glasgow
I woke up when I rolled off the twin bed and nearly crashed to the floor. It was around 8 am. Thinking back, I really can’t say how I didn’t knock my head on the side table. I was somehow able to wake up midair and think to put my foot down to stop myself…
Vacation – day 5: Glasgow => Allandale => Bridge of Allan
Woke up in Glasgow. I have found as I get older that I just wake up early. I’m not sure why that is, but I got up around 7:30 am. I took a shower and then I read which was nice. The morning was grey and wet, the air near the windows was cold. Here’s…
Vacation – day 4: Inverness => Dornoch => Ullapool=> Loch Ness => Loch Lomond => Glasgow
Posting this one around 5 pm on day 5: having lots of internet issues so unable to upload photos to this post except to the featured image which is Loch Lomond. ~~ What a day! Unfortunately, I had trouble sleeping in the very cool apartment. Couldn’t fall asleep until midnight or so, then woke up…
Vacation – day 3: Edinburgh => Inverness
I woke up around 7:30 am and searched for a place to go get some coffee. I thought about having the hotel breakfast again (not sure if I could have since I was checking out), but then I thought to myself, “Lizzie, you are in Edinburgh, go see what you can see!” So I located…
Vacation – day 2: Edinburgh
After a solid 8 1/2 hours sleep (with only a couple wake-ups not knowing where I was at first), I was ready to take on Edinburgh. But first I took advantage of the free breakfast I got with my room here. I opted for some of what they offered in their buffet: scrambled eggs, a…
Vacation – day 1: LAX => London => Edinburgh
I am certain I’ve written about this concept before but international travel = time travel. I got on a plane in Los Angeles at 3:30 pm on Saturday, April 28. Technically 24 hours later, I was strolling through the streets of Edinburgh. But was it 24 hours? The flight to London was 10 hours, then…
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…
