We’ve been between adventures for a little while now, which has given us pause to reflect; what do we love, what do we not love so much? What are we…
Classic English: London Holidays 2024, Part 2
This post is part of a series called London Holidays – 2024 A big motivation for this trip was to experience a classic English Christmas, thereby checking off several things…
Not A Creature Is Stirring…
… not even a couple of mostly retired bloggers. It’s the end of 2024, at least one of us is nursing a cold, and we’re settling back in after a…
They Say the Lights Are Bright in Braga…
We’ve been having ourselves a quiet holiday season so far. Unlike past years we haven’t really put on a shindig ourselves. A number of our friends have been out of…
Family Storybook: Why Didn’t You Eat?!
This post is part of a series called Family Storybook I’ve had an idea burbling in the back of my mind for awhile now, and since attending language classes has…
Once More Unto the Breach: South Carolina, September 2024
Not quite a year and a half ago, I was summoned back to my parents’ home because of my mother suffering a health issue that could have turned catastrophic. It…
Leeshz Bow Uh: Lisbon 2024
A careful reading of this humble blog might reveal some surprising, if not actually embarrassing, patterns in our travels. To wit: we’ve been visiting destinations in — let’s call it…
Pottery Mouth: Aveiro 2024, Part 3
This post is part of a series called Aveiro – Summer 2024 Our jaunt to Aveiro was a quickie this time; just a couple of days respite from the heat….
Part 7. A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish
This post is part of a series called Moving to Portugal (attributed to Antoine de Saint-Exupery) (the photo is not relevant. Nothing interesting to look at it in this post,…
Part 6. When Do We Leave?
This post is part of a series called Moving to Portugal We’ve decided that we would like to move to Portugal. Great! Now how exactly do we make it happen…
