A friend of mine who had great trouble with her mind told me once that she had....
Doune Castle: Conviction
A few days ago, we visited Doune Castle in Doune, Scotland, which was on our....
Toilet Technology: A Personal History
As I walked around Bingen last week, I noticed that there has been a marked improvement in the quality of public toilet offerings in Germany, perhaps throughout Europe, since my first trip to this continent nearly three a decades ago. I consider Europe....
All that Glitters is not Gold: St. Paul's Cathedral in London
Yesterday's exploration of London was focused on a visit to St. Paul's....
My experience flying from Germany to England
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHcim_KNZYw My sister-in-law showed this to me....
Gift of God: Memory & Sisterhood
(I wrote this post two day ago, but was only able to get around to typing it up and posting it now. I wrote it on the train as I left the home of my German host sister after having not seen her for fifteen years. Her family hosted me as an exchange....
In Praise of an Absent Husband
This morning I woke with my first feeling of missing Tony. This is particularly....
Lack Thereof: More on Memory and Retention
A few days ago I accompanied C., who had been my host sister nearly three....
Think: An Homage to German Graffiti
Germans love graffiti. I tend to stay away from such broad strokes of cultural categorizations, but I'm sticking to this one. I have traveled not the whole world, but three continents (so far) and I speculate that not only do they love graffiti, they....
Caution: Roads to Rome May Not Be Remembered
(The substance of this post was written several days ago, but due to my....