When lightning strikes your plane
Ok – that's probably a deceptive lead-in. Lightning didn't actually strike the plane when I was in it. It struck it on the way to the airport, but it was apparently bad enough to cancel our flight out of Ft. Myers to Atlanta where I was schedule to pick up a connecting flight to Dusseldorf. [...]
“Home again, home again, jiggity jig.”
I don’t know why I think in terms of nursery rhymes when I’m in England. I guess it stems back to my mother who cited nursery rhymes I think until I got married – perhaps even after. Always in context, and always oddly appropriate, my mother had either a rhyme for almost every situation we [...]
“Sunshine” without sunshine
I have a knack for picking picnic days. And once I make up my mind, very little can deter me – including hurricane force winds. I woke up this morning to another gray day. I don’t really mind – this is London after all – if I wanted sunshine day-after-day I should have stayed in [...]
Ancient History, the Naked Chef, and Guilty Pleasures
It’s been drizzly ever since I arrived in london. I don’t think it dampened the spirits of the Diamond Jubilee goers – they were decked out in their red, white, and blue and enjoying the festivities. I arrived late on Sunday so some of the activities had already taken place but, I did get to [...]
Trains, Planes, and Cobblestone Lanes
1 month = 2 carry-on bags. This is why: I am leaving Rome today and would be very sad if I weren’t headed for London. But I love London and know it better than I know any large city in the U.S. – probably because I am often lost in London and have had to [...]
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