Category: humor
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Below The Equator III: Getting Down to Business in the Big Garden
[Yes, I’m thirsty. A statue greets the park visitors, offering a drink. Photo is mine] One touch of nature makes all the world kin. ~~John Muir There should be no doubt, dear readers, that your host and blogger has had a few stressful days upon our arrival in Buenos Aires. You’ve read how painful the…
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Below The Equator II: The Incident At Gate 47
[The afternoon of January 2, 2025 found me sitting on a sofa in the lobby of a Hostel. Photo is mine.] Some travel is more of a nuisance than a hardship, but travel is always a mental challenge, and even at its most difficult, travel can be an enlightenment. ~~Paul Theroux The original title of…
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Below The Equator I: I Don’t Need A Reason To Go To Buenos Aires, But I Have A Few
[A Gaucho. Source: Wikipedia.] In Llama land, there’s a one man band And he’ll toot his flute for you… –Come Fly With Me. Songwriters: Sammy Cahn/Jimmy Van Heusen. The song is referencing Peru. In Buenos Aires, tango’s a must, Even pigeons here dance in the dust. Empanadas so good, you’ll shed a tear, But watch…
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I Bought A Bath Bomb
[The Bath Bomb. Photo is mine.] Do you think we’re going to leave this bath now? said Beaver Hateman, going menacingly to Uncle. Yes, I do! Well, you’re jolly well wrong! I’m going to stay here all night, if I want to! ~~ J. P. Martin “Uncle” I glanced at the rear view mirror. The…
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Word Games In The Time Of Cholera
It’s only words and words are all I have To take your heart away. ~~The Bee Gees. Lyrics by Henry Priestman & Sean O’riada [A Wordle puzzle from the N. Y. Times. Sometime in September, 2023] If you backed away from your device while reading this post, its okay, rest assured. There is no Cholera…
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Bonding II: It Really Was a Labor of Love
Find something you love And do it forever… ~~Anon. It’s a beautiful Sunday morning. Mt. Rainier is like a distant vision of adventure, challenge and alpine serenity. But we weren’t taking in that view. No, we, my daughter, her husband, Mariam, me and Elias were looking with admiration at the project. It sat, begging for…
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How To Bond With Your Grandson Whilst Assembling a Leonardo da Vinci Ornithopter Kit
[The kit in question. Photo is mine.] As Mariam and I were sitting on our teal sectional in our comfortably down-sized apartment in New York City, we began planning for a trip. It seems like we just got back from two months in Europe, but this was a special trip indeed. Due to factors out…
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A Field Guide To English Hand Signals Whilst Encountering Oncoming Vehicles On Country Lanes
[A typical country lane in Dorset, England. Note the lay-by on the right. Photo is mine] THE ROADWAYS OF ENGLAND The very first thing you need to know about British driving is that they drive on the left side of the road.! This knowledge can help to keep a casual road trip through Devonshire from…
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Weather Most Foul: What We Saw/What We Didn’t
[The six to ten foot waves of the Adriatic Sea taken through the sea-splashed window of our stateroom aboard the Windstar’s “WindSurf”. Photo is mine] Here I am sitting in a room of the Welcome Hotel on the Boulevard Saint-Germain in the 6th Arrondissement of Paris about to write a blog post on Milan, Italy.…
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