Our beach and our hotel. Dear Adam, Doesn’t the word peripatetic come from Aristotle’s practice of teaching and walking? Not driving and teaching? Peter and I walked up and down the beach and I walk to the bar for Diane’s alcoholess frozen umbrella drinks, but that’s about the extent of my wanderings, with the exception […]
 Dear pesky godson, Yes, I did follow your suggestion and I slipped into the water after midnight.  Comparing it to all those Vineyard dips : Like the Vineyard, I was alone in the water. Unlike the Vineyard,  I didn’t have to worry about tripping on a skunk, and that was a relief. However, the […]
This place is paradise for me because the photo-ops are unlimited. I get my saturated, vibrant colors and uncluttered backgrounds, and, sometimes, willing subjects. In this photo, I wanted her and I wanted the boat in the background. She faced me as I knelt down low to the water, but she must have moved as […]
I saw the man in red in the distance and we may not have been part of his circuit, Â but he was coming our way. “What are you selling?” I shouted. “Aloe from Aruba, pure Aruban Aloe?” “Can I drink it?” “Sure you can, it cures bronchitis, and sunburn and skin rashes and … .” […]
I saw the man in red in the distance and we may not have been part of his circuit, Â but he was coming our way. “What are you selling?” I shouted. “Aloe from Aruba, pure Aruban Aloe?” “Can I drink it?” “Sure you can, it cures bronchitis, and sunburn and skin rashes and … .” […]
Last night’s dinner view. We were all up just after 4 AM this morning, stumbling past one another, as Susan prepared to drive back to Minnesota, while Diane, Peter, Matthew and I hurried to stuff our car to get to generous Dan’s house so he could taxi us to Logan. We flew out on time […]
Hi KT, We finally got out of the US on BA. (23 h of travelling yesterday!) We’re writing frim Vernazza, having taken the wong boat (but that’s all right it was cheaper) We got in a line at the harbor, thinking we were going to RioMaggiore. All these 5’Terre towns look alike’ — beautiful! Today […]
We were all up just after 4 AM yesterday morning, stumbling past one another, as Susan prepared to drive back to Minnesota, while Diane, Peter, Matthew and I hurried to stuff our car to get to generous Dan’s house so he could taxi us to Logan. We flew out on time and arrived in Aruba […]
Michael, Perhaps I was overly pessimistic in predicting catastrophes in our trip to Italy, but look at what has happened so far– 1. Alitalia sends email saying that Sicily’s main airport at Catania has closed for repairs, and that we must fly to Palermo instead. (This adds to our itinerary.a 3 hour bus ride across […]
Michael, You might be interested in a discussion paralleling Weinstein’s. The Economist, Apr 12 2008 Homo Mobilis As language goes, so does thought. ….For about 250 years, the consensus in Western societies has been that grammar, syntax and spelling matter, and that rules have to be observed. That consensus now appears to be at risk. […]
Mike, Is this what Stromboli (our hiking destination next week) looks like when it does its thing? –rakkity
Mike, This is where we’re spending the long weekend, Friday-Monday. Ciao, rakkity