APRIL/MAY 2025 ASIA STORY PART 2 After a four-hour flight from Manila, we found ourselves in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, shortly after midnight. Our education regarding the rules of the locals began immediately upon disembarking from our plane. The … Continue reading →
APRIL/MAY 2025 ASIA STORY PART 3 After a bit of an emotional breakfast, we bade farewell to our hosts and hostesses of the Agusta Eco Lodge … Continue reading →
APRIL/MAY 2025 ASIA STORY PART 4 Riding through the neuro-ward of Jakarta traffic, we arrived at our final stop in Indonesia, the Raffles Hotel. This hotel earns its stripes every minute of every day for service, quality of food, and … Continue reading →
SEPTEMBER 2024 FIJI STORY Capsicum. What a great word. It’s not one that one usually uses as a greeting. No. One must build up to this one. As a matter of fact, it’s quite prominent on Fijian menus. Yes. We … Continue reading →
DECEMBER, 2023 L.A./HAWAII STORY As poets, prognosticators, and other experts whose vocation begins with a “p” say, “Christmas comes but once a year.” While this is true, December also comes but once a year, which is when we, Naomi and … Continue reading →
AUGUST 2022 WYOMING/MONTANA STORY We landed at Billings Montana International Airport right on schedule, 2135 (9:35 PM), retrieved our luggage without incident, and then strolled over to the car rental desk, which seemed abandoned. After making a few fake coughing … Continue reading →
DECEMBER 2021 LA/HAWAII STORY What better way to end a year than by visiting with old friends, making new friends, and trying new things? That’s exactly what we did. We decided to once again fly to Honolulu to commemorate the … Continue reading →
8 AUG.-18 AUG. 2021 PUERTA VALLARTA STORY After so much running around in Pennsylvania, and snorkeling with the Whale Shark in Cancun, we came home for a bit of a rest. In other words, we did our laundry, repacked, and … Continue reading →
SEPTEMBER 2021 EUROPEAN TRIP STORY The first thing that I learned on this trip was how a verb becomes a great big, wonderful proper noun. More on that later. Flying in to Madrid during this pandemic can be a study … Continue reading →
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND 2019 STORY As our taxi pulled up in front of our hotel, located on the border of Chinatown, in Melbourne, Australia, we knew that we were perfectly located for what we had in mind, sightseeing, along with great … Continue reading →
