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I returned from vacation and found my dog has started to figure it out – sometimes I go away. And while he will still sleep in my bedroom, he spends the better part of the night with my mother which makes no sense because… Continue Reading “Being Back”
Or..When I Started Watching the Same Television Show as my Grandfather Of course, I had heard of it. But I didn’t buy it until I heard, “It’s like a turn of the century British soap opera. With Maggie Smith!” Seriously. That description made me… Continue Reading “Downton Abbey, Season One”
Book 16 An American journalist in Paris is assigned a story – the anniversary of the mass arrest and deportation of Jews in Paris, 1942. She finds a personal connection, through her French in-laws, to one of the families and tries to find out… Continue Reading “Sarah’s Key, by Tatiana de Rosnay”
I read this Herman Wouk novel, from my mother’s shelf, a few years ago. It was my summer epic read. The mini-series has been sitting on my shelf for awhile. Robert Mitchum plays Cmdr. Victor Henry, the naval attache to Berlin in 1939. He… Continue Reading “The Winds of War”
It has rained for close to 48 hours straight. On the north side of Kauai, they have literally evacuated people to a Red Cross shelter and there was at least one school closed. Roads are out and the flash flood warning – extended twice… Continue Reading “Cabin Fever”
Because I am still waiting out the rain… I have been asked how I can afford two vacations a year. Part of the answer is that I budget for it. Part is that I work the rewards systems that are the perq of my… Continue Reading “How I Manage the Travel Expenses”
“This too, shall pass” is not a mantra that works for me. It is for more patient people. However, “This will make a good story” rather does. Luckily. So I embarked on the four-hour sunset cruise because: There is no other way to see… Continue Reading “The Sunset Cruise”
It is a good thing I packed two days of stuff into yesterday, because I will be doing absolutely nothing today. I had reservations for a cruise up the coast at 1:30 and it takes 40 minutes or so to drive to the pier.… Continue Reading “Kauai – Day Three”
I was up early and started moving, headed north to Hanalei. I was first delighted to see a Safeway where I picked up some breakfast and figured I could stop for groceries so as to not spend $25 on a dinner on-property that wasn’t… Continue Reading “Kauai – Day 2”
Book 15 Ward Just likes to explore (at least) two broad themes: how Washington messes up people and the expatriate experience. The Translator is about two expatriates – one German and the other American – that meet, marry and build a life in Paris.… Continue Reading “The Translator, by Ward Just”
The Next Dark Age 