It's not a glorious way to enter the final years of one's life but so it goes and I'm grateful for it. Because my cancer is so w...

For now, this is my/our last day in Portugal. Tomorrow at 03h I will go to the airport for my flight to the US. "Valeu a pena? Tudo val...

I'm writing this from Granada (Spain) and can see the Alhambra (castle complex) from where I'm sitting. Like nearly all the historic...

It's been 17 days since leaving Nevada. So much has gone on. This morning my breakfast is German cornflakes in Portugal, but to recap . ...

Packing, sorting, pruning and letting go of almost two decades of my life has been overwhelming but mostly it's done now and what's ...

Today is the Equinox, the beginning of spring here in the northern hemisphere, autumn in the south. May we all enjoy, if only briefly, this ...

When it's over, when the next change changes everything, we call it death. Short of that, the end is often only realized it hindsight. N...

For years I stuck to a timeline, ever running to keep up with the present but that is changing. Perhaps traveling has helped move me off the...

The family, dogs included, came over tonight for lasagna and a movie.Very nice evening. Thea is spending the night. M. Lee and I leave Wedne...

Our time in Europe is again coming to an end. I'm not complaining. August to mid-December is a good a run but other than family, which I...

Naples, Italy Why take the stairs when you have a blue bucket? Daily life in an old world.

Évora, Portugal "Where are you going in such a hurry traveler" Capela dos Ossos One of the last things we did before leavi...

Paris, France "Art is never finished. Only abandoned." - Leonardo Da Vinci Following up on a post I did in August , Dyi...

Ireland, starting out - five weeks - 3000 miles We came upon this spectacular work by Caravaggio in Dublin. Of course my photo in no way ...

We're in Edinburgh for the week. Small as it is, this city holds some important pieces of the puzzle like Mary, Queen of Scots who rule...

 This morning I lamented I hadn't seen a fox in London . . . Nearly transparent fox  but this evening there he was grace...

I'm still waiting to see a fox or four in the backyard. M. Lee saw a mom and three juveniles when he was here in the spring so it's...

We're now launched on a 5.5 month stay in Europe. For the first three weeks my daughter and her family will be with us. Last week we sta...

Back from Africa and in London for the next week. I woke up dreaming about the animals again. Seeing them in their wild state was life chang...

Let's see. My last post was a month ago. Since then I tried writing something about our two weeks in Berlin but got bogged down so I...