Post 28/2022 Sunday 13 November . . . Short and . . . what? Sweet, yes. Mighty. Tall. Curly. Simple. Brief. I'm going for "brief" in the sense of brief and pleasant. Today is World Kindness Day, so designated by the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation. Without further ado, let's take a look at some …
Author: John Bender
Hi, my name is John Bender, retired and loving it. I'm writing to help interested people cross bridges to and from the past. Stories from the past can shed light on life in the present and illuminate the future. We've got a lot of living to do. Let's do it!
‘Forever friends,’ top our sweet stay
Post 27/2022 Friday 4 November . . . The summary of our stay in Seal Beach, California, could be stated in one word: "summery." Still, it's fall; the signs of autumn show on a continuum of temperatures between summer (average 73.5 degrees) and winter (57 degrees). Temperature this morning was 48; it warms up fast, …
Seal Beach cogitation
Post 26/2022 Saturday 29 October . . . Cogitating. Pacific time. I'm reflecting on our stay in Seal Beach, California. We're celebrating with friends, recounting good times past and present. We're also agonizing over the state of the country and world. We're cooking, eating out, reading, walking, exploring the immediate area. We're watching movies on …
Are we there yet?
Post 25/2022 Friday 21 October . . . Once upon a time, families traveled long distances mainly by car. Compare that to what we witnessed in air travel this week. On Tuesday, we flew Southwest Airlines from Chicago's Midway Airport to Long Beach International Airport. Plenty of elderly folks, a noticeable number of young families, …
Fall shows up
Post 24/2022 Monday 26 September . . . Summer's gone, fall's here. Nothing's as slow as my getting up to speed. Whoosh! the weeks have gone. Weeks filled with some hurry and scurry, but pleasures galore. We spent a week in Michgian's Upper Peninsula with Marty's siblings, except for sister Doris whom we visited in …
Plenty enough
Post 23/2022 Friday 19 August . . . Early this week we walked to breakfast at Lux Cafe (a bit more than three miles roundtrip). Today we walked about the same distance around several neighborhoods, ending up at Starbucks for a flat white coffee and a shared Impossible Breakfast sandwich. Beat the heat. We're eating …
Q is for Quilt Gardens
Post 22/2022 Saturday 28 May . . . I'm offering one more post before I ease off to tinker with blog frequency and focus. Today's post brings Cornwall Cogitation full circle, maybe like the last chapter of a book. I've been helped in summing up this year so far, I'm happy to say, by a …
Cornwall Cogitation, zipping A to Z
Post 21/2022 Saturday 21 May . . . We're home again in Indiana. Travel went well until our connecting flight from Atlanta, Georgia to South Bend, Indiana, was canceled. Instead of departing for South Bend at 9:15pm as scheduled, by midnight we were told our flight would depart at 6:45am. Now what? Carbis Bay beach, …
Cornwall Cogitation Y-Z
Post 20/2022 Thursday 12 May . . . With 12 weekly posts I've tabulated our stay in the United Kingdom by combing double letters of the English-language alphabet. Most references have been from The Penguin Dictionary of British Natural History (1967,1978). Which brings us to the A-Z. It's bittersweet, but wrap-up and summarize we must. …
Cornwall W-X
Post 19/2022 Saturday 7 May . . . The South West Coast Path into St Ives takes you through a narrow street named the Warren. Holiday lets, second homes, and some permanent homes line each side of this narrow, one-way passageway, teaming with people, dogs and the very occasional car, construction or delivery vehicle. Houses …
It's About Now 