Tag Archives: Civil War

Gettysburg: The Point of Entry Bit (Part 1)

April 1, 2026 · by · in TRAVELING BITS · 5 Comments

Spring-y greetings! So on a recent, quick and altogether fantastic visit to Manhattan, my travel companions picked this restaurant called Keens Steakhouse for one of our nights out. Not knowing anything about it (and having high cholesterol…), I can’t say I was especially “keen” to go –  But the dinner turned out to be a […]

Eastern US: The “5-Sense Tour” Bit

July 31, 2025 · by · in TRAVELING BITS · 15 Comments

Whew! Just got home from a marvelous visit with friends back East! Being lazy, I haven’t quite unpacked all my clothes yet. And being overwhelmed in every good way by the trip, I haven’t unpacked all my thoughts about it either. For now, I can share something like the ol’ quickie Five Cent Tour of […]

The Picture (Plu)perfect Bit

July 29, 2019 · by · in SLICE O' LIFE BITS, TRAVELING BITS · 23 Comments

Ah, photo management in the digital age!  Life is so easy now that we can fill the ether with edited and annotated snaps! Trouble is I still have a gigantic storage box full of hopelessly disorganized media from other ages.  Included in this herd of Kodachrome cats are frayed photographs, 35mm slides, and negatives of […]