Category: Vacation

THE ENEMY OF IGNORANCE

“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.” - Mark Twain When I was working for a freight forwarder in the … Continue reading THE ENEMY OF IGNORANCE

ARRRGGGAHHHAGAGA!!

“A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing." - Eugene Ionesco ??? More to the point, does THIS dying writer need a permanent vacation from LIFE. "YAYs please assemble to the left; "Nays" (do we have any "Nays"??) sojourn rightward flank. I'm suffering some minor … Continue reading ARRRGGGAHHHAGAGA!!

DOING NOTHING SOUNDS GREAT

Share Your World 22nd November As the holidays approach, I'm thinking of doing as little blogging as I can. I promise to answer comments, but I feel burned out and overextended. I've got a lot to do, and there's never enough time to do it. Maybe just once, I can actually take it easy over the … Continue reading DOING NOTHING SOUNDS GREAT

HATRED LURKS

Married as I am to a Brown Man, potential threats are always near. When we went to New Orleans for my 50th birthday, I had to call the hotel and ask if our mixed races would be a problem. I told her to please be honest. I wanted a vacation, not an "incident." She finally … Continue reading HATRED LURKS

PARTYING WITH THE CLINTON FAMILY

Back in 1993, a lifetime ago when our world was different, we were different. Whatever future we had in mind, I think we didn't imagine the one in which we find ourselves. It had been a hard year. Licking our collective and individual wounds, Garry and I wobbled tentatively into summer. Our first long vacation … Continue reading PARTYING WITH THE CLINTON FAMILY

FAMILY & VACATIONS: #SYW

Share Your World 21st October 2024 I didn't do nearly enough deleting. I had more than 500 emails sitting in my account. I had to delete a few hundred of them before I could even find this post but I'm very glad I found it. I'm having trouble swallowing. This is new and a bit worrisome. … Continue reading FAMILY & VACATIONS: #SYW

SENTIMENTAL SEPTEMBER

Share Your World 2nd September 2024 I always get sentimental in September. I remember the first days of school. Stiff new shoes. New pencil boxes with brand new pencils, all sharpened. The crunch of leaves under my shoes and that smell of fall in the breeze. Girls had to wear skirts regardless of weather. So, those … Continue reading SENTIMENTAL SEPTEMBER

PARTYING WITH A PRESIDENT AND FAMILY

Back in 1993, a lifetime ago when our world was different, we were different too. Whatever future we had in mind, I think we didn't imagine the one in which we find ourselves. It had been a hard year. Licking our collective and individual wounds, Garry and I wobbled tentatively into summer. Our first long … Continue reading PARTYING WITH A PRESIDENT AND FAMILY

DO WRITERS NEED A VACATION FROM WRITING?

“A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing." - Eugene Ionesco When I was writing professionally, I needed a periodic break from the stuff I was paid to write, but very often that break involved writing what I wanted to write as opposed to what … Continue reading DO WRITERS NEED A VACATION FROM WRITING?

DOING NOTHING SOUNDS GREAT

Share Your World 21st November As the holidays approach, I'm thinking of doing as little blogging as I can until after the New Year. I'll make sure the podcast goes up on time and I promise to answer comments, but I feel burned out and over-extended. I've got a lot to do and there's never enough … Continue reading DOING NOTHING SOUNDS GREAT