We arrived early morning at Klaipeda, a port in Lithuania. It was a brilliant day with a sky so blue it looked unreal. The soft early light reflected a dazzling display on the rippling water as a slight breeze drifted…
KLAIPEDA, LITHUANIA
Category: the small pond
LOVELY SPRING DAYS IN NEW YORK CITY
It was a lovely spring day in New York City. The sky was divided equally with a deep blue on the western horizon, while mounds of fluffy white clouds lazed about in the heavens on the eastern vista. It was…
ONE PILLAR PAGODA
THIS BLOG POST APPEARED IN MARCH 2016. HOWEVER SOMETHING WENT TERRIBLY WRONG WITH THIS WEBSITE, IT CRASHED AND THREE OR FOUR POSTS WERE DELETED. I’M REPOSTING THIS ONE AGAIN. THE OTHERS THAT WERE DELETED WILL SOON ALSO BE REPOSTED. BY…
WOODSTOCK AND THE OLD SHED
It was Memorial Day weekend. According to the forecast the weather would be unpredictable. We didn’t care. We were headed upstate to spend the long holiday weekend with friends in an old farm house sitting in the middle of a densely…
JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE
It was a perfect weekend to visit a friend who lives in Rockaway Beach, Queens. She didn’t live here in October 2012 when Superstorm Sandy, a category 3 hurricane, hit this beach community. The storm did major damage to Cuba…
CLEARING PHOTOGRAPHY CLUTTER
I’m into clearing clutter these days, and though we drastically downsized a couple years ago, gathering ‘stuff’ seems to be as natural to me as breathing. So, lesson learned, I will not let ‘stuff’ get the upper-hand in my life.…
TODAY I AM A GUEST BLOGGER ON BOOKBROWSING.COM
TODAY I AM A GUEST BLOGGER ON BOOKBROWSING.COM AND I WRITE ABOUT MY EXPERIENCE AT A BASEBALL GAME IN TOKYO, JAPAN. I HOPE YOU STOP BY TO READ THE ARTICLE, AND IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT. CLIKCK HERE…
IT’S STILL WINTER AND IT’S NOT OVER UNTIL IT’S OVER
It seems like such a long time ago when I first learned that FISH KICKER, my novel, was going to be published. Maybe it’s the long and unpredictable winter weather that’s added to making this season feel like it’s stretching…
SMALL REMEMBRANCES
With the start of every new year there’s a persistent niggling in the back of my brain about how to get organized. I’m not a disorganized person, quite the contrary, I know where I’ve tucked away everything that I own.…
LOST IN TOLEDO, SPAIN
Traveling is the most fun when I have one unexpected experience after another, and I’d put our trip to Toledo in that category. Our adventure in Toledo started with a most delightful treat when we entered the Madrid Train Station to purchase…