Author Archives: Amy Parmeter
The “Casting to the Rise” Bit
So before the summer comes to an end, I’m turning things over to a great authority (perhaps the greatest, in my unbiased opinion) to expound a bit on a classic summertime activity. That activity would be fishing – and that authority is my dad! I’m sharing here some of the angling chapter from the delightful […]
Malta: The Filling Up the Book Bit
Often when I arrive someplace in my travels, I find I’ve packed a pretty fair number of expectations and preconceived notions along with my socks and sundries. Once in a while though, a destination slips beneath both my general knowledge and my trip planning radars, and I set out with no real idea of what’s […]
The Waking Up Among the Pines Bit
Summertime is here! That glorious season when we get to indulge in our favorite vacation pastimes! In recent years, I’ve gotten to revive what was once a cherished summer tradition: I’m gonna go camping! According to Mum, I’ve been roughing it pretty much all my life – although the same was far from true for […]
The Bit Where I Turn Five!
Well, no – I’m not actually turning five. (That happened, uh, rather a long time ago…) But it was five years ago that I embarked on a journey like none I’d taken before – I started Tesserology! Now, given that I can’t even keep a house plant alive for five years, this is a major […]
Alaska: The Outside View Bit
Unbelievable how time flies! It’s been nearly eight years since I was in a bar in Juneau, Alaska, ordering a particular drink for downing swiftly – and five years before then that I took a tentative sip of that potent concoction for the very first time! More specifically, I was in a “saloon” in Juneau. […]
The Just Deserts Bit
Nope – not a type-o. Although sweet desserts are irresistible to me (too much so…), there’s also something I can’t resist about exploring deserts in all their forms! And the more I learn, the more I wonder just what each is truly about! For starters, I’ve long thought that I live in a desert – […]
The Bit About My Favorite Fortnight!
The Olympics are almost here! The Olympics are almost herrre! And one of my favorite things to do every even-numbered year is to kick back for two glorious weeks and watch other people achieve! I have to admit though that, just like when I wrote about the Games four years ago (in “The Citius, Altius, Fortius […]
The Tea Timing Bit
Happy New Year! So has everyone survived the holidays? My season was full to the brim with planning, shopping, parties, events and a week-long road trip – plus two get-togethers that gave me a much-needed opportunity to slow down and appreciate life in the midst of very hectic times. I attended two teas. Tea and […]
The ‘Twas Another Year Bit
A Merry December to you! Thought I’d attempt (in the style of the Night Before Christmas poem as I did for last December) to give a rhyming wrap-up of my recent travels and adventures, working backward through the year! Also in keeping with my last effort, there’s not a New Year’s resolution in sight… Here […]
The Poppies in My Lapel Bit
I slumbered while we cruised the Dardanelles… I can’t believe it’s already (nearly) November! And within this eleventh month is the “eleventh hour of the eleventh day” – a time and date set aside to mark the end of World War I. As the distance between us and that moment nears a century and several […]
TESSEROLOGY 