Weekend in Lyle
I know I am spoiled that I have the option to get out of town when others don’t. I am grateful.
Read More Weekend in LyleCareening through life and learning stuff
I know I am spoiled that I have the option to get out of town when others don’t. I am grateful.
Read More Weekend in LyleI was a quiet, wide-eyed witness to musicians simply reveling in the joy of making music.
Read More Gig Harbor music sceneWe were most excited about the alligators.
Read More Swamp Gators and Antebellum Cane PlantationWhat a day! Bagan in the morning; Mandalay in the evening.
Read More Palace and Hill in MandalayWe walked a good portion of Yangon today, but the highlights were the Shwedagon Pagoda complex and the street vendors in Chinatown. This morning after a lovely breakfast at Ten Mile Hotel, we took a cab into the city from the area around the airport. It was a long drive and I was grateful that […]
Read More Shwedagon Pagoda & ChinatownI celebrated for five days in a row this year. I think I deserve it. 😉 My birthday was Tuesday, but I took a few days off work and began the reveling on the Saturday before. First up was an overdue visit to my friend Vladimir in St. Johns, a neighborhood of Portland. We went […]
Read More Extended BirthdayI’d like to take the time to talk about our Christmas lodging before I continue on the journey. If you are interested, click here for Day one and here for Day two. Arno found the SeaQuest Inn Bed & Breakfast online for us, and reserved three nights. The closest town is Yachats, seven miles to […]
Read More SeaQuest Inn Bed & BreakfastThe basis of the dieting plan: too lazy to clean your teeth? Don’t eat!
Read More Dieting With BracesOn Sunday my T was still dealing with jet lag and reluctant to get out into the heat again. We made easy plans to go shopping in downtown Iwakuni and then to watch movies (Best of Monty Python’s Flying Circus) and have some mother-daughter bonding time. Again, we enjoyed finding grocery stores to wander through, […]
Read More Tara in Iwakuni and Sanzoku (Chicken Shack)Tara’s Spring Break was last week, so I took the week off work, and we made plans for a road trip. Arno suggested going to Moab, Utah, since that is what he and the boys have done multiple times in the past. T and I were game. We went in separate vehicles, since I could […]
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