Post 5/2025. Carbis Bay, Cornwall UK. Windy. Muddy. Overcast. More rain than needed. Who's complaining? Not me. We arrived on schedule and have had a warm welcome. Marilyn and Steve had us over for morning coffee. On Sunday we attended St Anta & All Saints church. On Wednesday Lynne kindly took us along to do …
Post 1/2025 Goshen IN. What misery colds carry. Sniffles. Cough. Blahs. Concerns. Is it really just a common cold or one of the other superbugs that have a thing for our airways? Decaf tea with lemon and honey. Some OTC meds. No fever. Recovery seems afoot, even as worries linger. That’s my welcome to early …
Post 38/2024. Goshen, Indiana. THE HARVEST MOON glowed softly as I peered at it from our driveway and snapped it handheld. Of late I've been testing my old, assumed no longer functional, point and shoot pocket camera, a Nikon Coolpix S7000. I retired the camera some years ago because of cloudy (moisture?) spots on the …
Post 30/2024 / Elkhart County 4-H Fair / Goshen, Indiana. Nine days of all things 4-H gave fairgoers oodles to chose from. For starters: Parade through Goshen. Animals. Exhibits. Grandstand entertainment. Harness racing. Carnival. Commercial vendors. Food (75 vendors). One had a choice of many, many activities from the gates opening at 8am until the …
Post 29/2024 Goshen Indiana. Marianne stays at home in her senior community in New Hamburg, Ontario. She doesn't drive anymore. Eschews WIFI. Is happy to stay mostly put. Yet this nurse who practiced in northern Canadian regions and in southwestern Ontario and served with her husband Ray in Botswana, is as active as almost ever. …
Post 27/2024 Goshen Indiana. For some it's a vacation. For others it's a holiday. Same thing. The English publication, A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H.W. Fowler (Oxford University Press, 1983), says, "vacation is in America the ordinary word for what we call a holiday. In Britain it is not so used except (often …
Post 24/2024 Goshen Indiana. Early mornings last week were a gift. Cool. Fresh. A walkable start in waking up to days of long light. The troubling part is the forecast of sustained higher temperatures this week. When is heat too hot to handle? Mind you, we'll be minding the thermometer and limiting our time out …
Post 22/2024 Goshen IN. It has been a quiet week after the noisy last leg home from Canada (see Post 21). We had a nice few days with Gerald and Mary and Richard and Sharon at Oliver Lake. Richard and I pressure washed the deck. That task, come to think of it, was pretty noisy, …
Post 19/2024 Goshen Indiana USA. Travel can be worrisome, wearying, but worth it all. For the latter sentiment I quote Shakespeare in Antony and Cleopatra: "O sir! you had then left unseen a wonderful piece of work which not to have been blessed withal would have discredited your travel." In other words, don't sell the …
Post 18/2024 Carbis Bay Cornwall UK. Greening. Blossoming. Sprouting. The natural world is bursting its bounds in spring. The scent of new-mown grass meets us on our walks. Some advocates, though, suggest that in May one should pause mowing. Give bees and butterflies and others a change to flourish. Give place to pollinators and nesting …
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