This post is part of a series called Family Storybook There are moments in life that get packaged into “A Tale” rather than just “a story”. You tell it practically…
This post is part of a series called Family Storybook There are moments in life that get packaged into “A Tale” rather than just “a story”. You tell it practically…
Hey all, some family things have come up and we’re a bit distracted. We’re taking a week off from posting to get caught up and organized again. See you next…
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…
This post is part of a series called London Holidays – 2024 Our “reason” for going to London was primarily to see the “Poets and Lovers” exhibit at The National…
This post is part of a series called London Holidays – 2024 One of the habits we’ve been trying to break is our tendency to go to our old favorites,…
… 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…
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…
Portuguese love bacalhau (BAA-ka-lau, except that “lh” together means you give it kind of a “yuh” sound there in the middle) which is dried and salted codfish. It’s a staple…
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…
We never went to the Space Needle until a visiting family member asked to see it. At one point we both worked approximately five minutes, on foot, from the base…

