I’ve had to pass on Juanita’s generous offer for me to accompany her (as ‘handbag’ and blogger) on her upcoming business trip to the Maldives. It’s disappointing because I’d really like to see the changes since I was first there twenty-seven years ago – and a little unhappy with myself at the time. Given the …
Reading this story about my trip to Santiago de Compostela in 1993, I readily recall the impact of visiting the Cathedral, listening to the organ music, and being mesmerized watching the gold Botafumeiro swinging back and forth belching smoke across the wide transept. For some unknown reason, my story at the time doesn’t cover much …
The yellow ‘Meadow Lark’ is a Zen-like sculpture in basswood wood with oil paint that I purchased in my old friend Susan Kelley’s Kelley Roy Gallery in Wynwood, Miami on my last trip. The American sculptor, Henry Lautz, has based his designs on the ancient ‘mound builders’ of West Florida. The namesake cultural trait of …
Said Paul O’Donnell commenting on my eccentricity last weekend, it’s better I be the way I am and enjoying life, than waking up each morning with only depressive thoughts on my mind. So I’m using that dispensation to continue along my merry path. Glenda, Wayne and new Mauritian chef Akim at La Croix Café in …
I’m not exactly sitting ‘home alone’ sitting pins into a world map to mark the cities I’ve visited. But it is a pastime I started a couple of years ago. And recently, I noticed friends on Facebook using the app. So here is my update – right up to the moment I got bored with …