I had a most fascinating customer in the store today. He teaches mortuary sciences at a local college. He’s planning his next sabbatical. He spends every summer in a different culture learning about how they bury their dead. Last year … Continue reading →
So, here’s the set-up… You have a crystal ball that tells you that you will never be able to travel again. This is the last year you will ever, for the rest of your life, have the opportunity to go … Continue reading →
My experience with dried peaches was the sweetened dehydrated kind you buy as a snack. These didn’t look so much dehydrated as fossilized. It was obvious they still contained their pits. They were as hard as a dried up walnut. … Continue reading →
That the end of the road, on the Isle of Seil is a town called Easdale. At least it’s Easdale on the map. But, locally it just takes the name of the entire peninsula – Seil. Easdale is a beautiful … Continue reading →
September is just around the corner, honest it is. And it isn’t too soon to begin planning for the 2010 FamiliesRoc Walk/Run for Ovarian Cancer. Here is a video from last year’s 5th annual. An amazing turnout! Won’t you join … Continue reading →
One rainy Sunday, we wondered aimlessly around Edinburgh and found ourselves taking shelter from an exceptionally heavy downpour under an outdoor archway at the University of Edinburgh. As our eyes adjusted to the gloom, we began to notice that the … Continue reading →
Here’s my new real estate acquisition in Italy. Well, not really. It was vacant. It looked like it needed to be reclaimed and loved. But, as much as I think it would be a fun project, I knew it wouldn’t … Continue reading →
In January, while visiting the Naples, FL area, we went to an antique fair at a local community center. One of the exhibitors was a glassware booth. Lots and lots of stemware crowded together on mirrored displays. No room for … Continue reading →
I’ve gone a couple of months without any ARCs hitting my desk that grabbed my attention. Now the spring ARC season has begun. This week, not one, but two very promising books arrived. I’m not really too good at getting … Continue reading →
This picture sits on a bookshelf in my den. It was taken in 1909. I love it. What must it have taken to get that many people together, dressed in their Sunday best, posing for a camera that requires no … Continue reading →