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, …
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!
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 …
Cornwall Cogitation U-V
Post 18/2022 Thursday 28 April . . . With our stay in Cornwall ending soon, it's hard to hold my weekly amble through the English alphabet to a trot rather than a gallop. Gasp. Tighten the reins. This is slow travel, after-all. As my father concluded after an extended family gathering (that included food, games, …
Cornwall Cogitation S-T
Post 17/2022 Thursday 21 April . . . A segment on BBC Breakfast, Wednesday, featured a dementia choir. Brilliant! People with dementia and their carers sang, motioned and danced with the song, Sweet Caroline. Smiles, engagement, fun. Will we see a national director for dementia appointed to wave the baton for making a joyful noise? …
Cornwall Cogitation Q-R
Post 16/2022 Saturday 16 April . . .No place appears immune from issues circling the globe, including in our seaside idyll in Cornwall UK. I use the word "idyll" advisedly, drawing on its definition as a period of happiness, peacefulness and picturesqueness. Those qualities, with deep gratitude, bolster the opportunities, challenges and joys of our …
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