Category TRAVELING BITS
Denmark: The Bit With Lots of Sparks
Heyyyy – Happy 2025! So even as I dive into the New Year, I’m delighted to have m’ blog as an excuse to glance back at some pretty amazing events of 2024! Like over the summer, I got to have a terrific combination of travel experiences – heading back to a gloriously familiar city and […]
‘Tis a Poem Before Christmas!
Greetings and felicitations! Yup! It’s that one time of year when I traditionally wrap things up by subjecting kind readers to my efforts at poetry! Here’s my 2024 in a nutshell, offered in the form of (or something lazily close to) the poem, ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, submitted with all good holiday wishes – […]
The Bit About Passages of Time
I know, I know. I yammer about this every year pretty much like clockwork. It’s just that in LA, there’s not much of a weatherly transition from season to season, and I’m always most aware of this – and most disappointed, somehow – when so very little here screams that it’s “fall”. Yet what always […]
The Sampling Santa Barbara Bit
So does this happen to you too? Are there close by places – not necessarily bucket list-y ones, just cool sounding ones – that you mean to visit but you never seem to get to? I lived in LA for more than 25 years before getting out to nearby Joshua Tree National Park. At least […]
The Bit About Following Boys
End-of-summer greetings! As I dig in for the LA version of fall (it’s currently in the 90’s here…), I’m further warmed by memories of my summertime travels! My last post covered London since I was there for all of my recent visit to England – all except for a short side trip to the nearby […]
London: The “Way We Were” Bit
Hiya! Just back from some wonderful international travels! The first leg of my trip was to what still holds the title of my favorite city in the world: London! As if even scratching the surface of all there is to do and see here weren’t a big enough job, I decided on this trip to […]
The Threading the Needle in a Haystack Bit
Summer greetings! It’s that fantastic time of year when many get to take off by plane, train and automobile to create lasting vacation memories! I’ve got a trove of family photos that bring some very fond trip-type memories to mind – But they generate some mysteries too! A few years back, I wrote about trying […]
The Always Having Paris Bit
Yayyy! Almost time for my favorite biennial event – the Olympics! This year is the Summer installment, and I’m all the more excited because its stage is a magical city I’ve been fortunate to visit – Paris! Almost 40 years ago (back when I was an innocent broad…), Paris was the first big Continental stop […]
The Following the Paper Trail Bit
Whew! Finally getting over the affliction I seem to suffer every year about this time: spring cleaning! April ended up being largely devoted to scrounging through boxes and bags in my storage unit with the dual aims of clearing some things away and of chasing down receipts and documents for the other charming springtime task […]
The Echoes Cross the 101 Bit
Springtime greetings! Just got back from a really refreshing getaway in Northern California! I decided to take my time on the trip and drive up from LA on Highway 101 which runs through California and on to Oregon and Washington. It even took me across the glorious Golden Gate Bridge! Fellow Angelenos know our local […]
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