Tag Archives: Genealogy

Scotland: The Lass Over Teakettle Bit

September 30, 2020 · by · in SLICE O' LIFE BITS, TRAVELING BITS · 31 Comments

Personal growth isn’t always a pretty process for me. Nope. I’m gonna reach back several decades anyway though and share a messy – but marvelous – teachable moment from a visit to Scotland! Okay so back at the end of my college days, I was lucky to get to spend a summer backpacking around Europe […]

NYC: The Big Apple ‘Speed Date’ Bit (Part 2)

March 31, 2019 · by · in SPORTS BITS, TRAVELING BITS · 13 Comments

Welcome to Part 2 of my “speed date” with New York City!   The thing is I was barely in Manhattan 24 hours (a few of which were spent sleeping), so there wasn’t time for the proper tour of a museum, or the taking in of a musical or a play.  Like a speed date situation, it […]

THE KEEPING IN TOUCH BIT

January 30, 2019 · by · in SLICE O' LIFE BITS, TRAVELING BITS · 15 Comments

2019 greetings!  Although we’re well into the New Year, afraid I only just completed my final holiday related chore – I cleared from my living room bookshelf all the delightful cards I’d received from family and friends over the month of December. Yes, I’m a notorious procrastinator.  But I can honestly say I put off […]

Ghost Towns: The Dreams of the Mother Lode Bit

October 30, 2018 · by · in SLICE O' LIFE BITS, TRAVELING BITS · 27 Comments

(1848 – Gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill in California.) Once or twice a year, I used to road trip with friends from Los Angeles to Las Vegas – and two things would invariably happen. First, I wouldn’t get rich playing the slots and would have to road trip straight back to work.  And second, […]

Finland: The 17 in ’17 Bit (Part 2)

June 28, 2017 · by · in TRAVELING BITS · 33 Comments

Tervetuloa!  That’s a Finnish “welcome” to the second half of my list of 17 reasons why I love Finland!   Part 1 covered reasons 1 to 9 – now, in this 100th anniversary year of Finnish Independence, here (in no special order as always) are the rest: 10.  Seeing the Forest AND the Trees! As I […]

Finland: The 17 in ’17 Bit (Part 1)

May 31, 2017 · by · in TRAVELING BITS · 43 Comments

Welcome to another “17 in ’17” installment!  Recently, I offered a Canadian love call to celebrate the 150th birthday of my neighbors to the north.  This time, I’m singing the praises of Finland – the land of all my lovely Mum’s grandparents – in this, the 100th anniversary year of its independence!  Here, in no […]