Remarkably Bad Travel Choices

Remarkably Bad Travel Choices

Two weeks ago my husband and I returned from a delectable cruise along the western coast of Latin America, an area our extensive travel choices hadn’t touched. For twelve days, with added nights of hotel stays in each country, we cruised between Costa  Rica and...
Five Things  I Gained on Vacation

Five Things I Gained on Vacation

My husband and I traveled out of the country for two weeks, something we’d been unable to do for three years. As you may know, travel is our thing. We felt confined during the protracted homestay, like criminals on house arrest. Though none of us humans did the...
The Road Less Traveled

The Road Less Traveled

We’re two months into 2023, doing this and doing that and trying to keep ourselves tuned in, but not uptight. What about you? For example, Putin’s war on Ukraine has gone on for a year. Soon after the siege began on February 24, 2022, my husband and I...
Gap Year for Grown-Ups

Gap Year for Grown-Ups

My husband and I are retired – yay! We are enjoying a permanent gap year, something that we, as Midwestern teens, didn’t know existed. A gap year was something that well-heeled kids did—backpacking through Europe as a sort of graduation gift from their...
Gap Year for Grown-Ups

The Return of Travel

Back in the day when we were working stiffs, my husband and I enjoyed Sundays as a day of rest. It was our habit to settle with a mug of coffee and several muffins, sided with fruit, and enjoy a leisurely read of three (!) Sunday papers: the LA Times, The Orange...