Tag Archives: History
The “Ode to the Once Known” Bit
Fall greetings! What an adventure of a summer I was lucky to have! It included traveling to hang with family and friends, rocking out in embarrassing fashion to 70’s cover bands at home, and journeying to London for an incredible experience studying theatre! Add to that, I took an online course through UC Berkeley to […]
Gettysburg: The Point of Entry Bit (Part 2)
Greetings! Or perhaps a smart salute! Although it feels like I’m double-time marching toward summer, I wasn’t quite ready after last month’s post to leave behind the rolling, frozen-in-Civil-War-time hills of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I didn’t get around to listing a few more of the ways a person can enter into the experience of this country-defining […]
Gettysburg: The Point of Entry Bit (Part 1)
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 […]
The Bit About Endurance
Man, life can be strange. A few days into the New Year, I was out picnicking and catching up with my niece in a green, sun-dappled Burbank park, when she mentioned the fire that just destroyed a historic home we’d visited in Northern California. Always out for blog ideas, it got me meditating about historic […]
The “Somewhere Over the Sand Dunes” Bit
Okay, so two things I’ve always had a special fascination with are film and history. And when I get to combine these two passions – or when they kind of collide – it can be such a fun thing! That’s what happened on my first mini field trip of 2023! While it’s never been my […]
The Bit Between the Lines
So September 6th was “National Read a Book Day” in the US! And I decided to mark the occasion with a tour through the many and crowded shelves that line my little apartment. Beyond discovering how badly I also need “Dust a Book Day”, there were other surprises – not just in the texts, but in […]
The Glass Way Full Bit
Howdy! Since I’m still not doing the travel thing just now, I’ve been contenting myself with watching videos of trips past – and I came across this grainy tableau (sorry – more graininess to follow…): Basically, that’s me and a guy. There’s Mum’s shoulder on the right. And Dad’s behind the camera, capturing what looks […]
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 […]
A Tidbit: Layers in Time
Greetings! The latest weekly WordPress Photo Challenge of Layered made me think of this photo from a recent trip to Columbia, California. It’s a shot of an old blacksmith shop and it speaks to me not just of a moment in time but of a moment in history too! Columbia State Historic Park is a lovingly preserved example […]
THE “ALL THE SHIPS (NOT) AT SEA” BIT
The ocean has always held a special allure for me! Despite a tendency to get seasick, I’ve truly relished opportunities to get out on the waves in ships of various sizes and types. But I’ve also discovered that ships can transport a person to other places and times without even leaving the shore! Here are […]
