Month: October 2024
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Keeping the Greatest Country on Earth
Reading Time: 6 minutesIt’s true. In spite of all its current problems, the United States of America is still the greatest country on earth. There is a myriad of reasons why I say this, none of which I’m going to explain in this post. If you don’t believe it, you might ask a few of… Read more
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Here’s Your Belly Laugh for Today
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn keeping with the theme of Tuesday’s post, I’m taking the opportunity today to provide a few things for you to laugh at without having to go search for them. A few jokes…. Why don’t pirates take a shower before they walk the plank? (They just wash up on shore!) A… Read more
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Who Doesn’t Need a Good Laugh?
Reading Time: 5 minutesToday, we talk about the best medicine ever…laughter. Yeah, maybe it won’t cure those physical ailments overnight, but I guarantee it’ll be good for your soul. And I do guarantee what’s good for your soul works wonders in healing your body. We don’t have enough laughter in our modern lives. Existence, in… Read more
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Total Devastation
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIn lieu of a post today, please just visit this Facebook link from Charlotte County Emergency Management. Our home and area, only 15 minutes from Englewood Beach (where these pictures were taken) was completely spared wind and water damage. But my heart breaks for all those affected by Hurricane Helene and… Read more
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The Great, The Good, and the Ugly
Reading Time: 5 minutesThough we left New Hampshire on Friday, we still had a few more days in New England before we began the meandering trek home to Florida. At least, meandering was our intention for the trip back to Florida. Our first stop, recommended by a friend who lives near us and is from… Read more
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Surely You Can See What I See
Reading Time: 2 minutesOur week in New Hampshire ends today. It’s been great. On Wednesday we visited the Atlantic coastline of three states in the space of about an hour. It was an interesting, fun, and unique experience. The beaches in the northeast are so different from those in southwest Florida. There were no shells… Read more
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It’s the Journey…
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe posts for the next few weeks will essentially be travelogues. We’re discovering, for the first time, parts of the country we have never experienced. Come along on this journey with us. After spending 5 restful days in North Carolina, we begin the journey north on Sunday. Our destination, as you know,… Read more
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Cary, NC
Reading Time: 2 minutesRandy’s sister Kristine and her husband Gary have lived in Cary, NC for more than 45 years. I always thought of it as a sleepy little bedroom community supporting its metro area, Raleigh. In 1980 its population was not quite 22,000 people. As we drove in this week I commented to Randy… Read more
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New England, Here We Come
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe booked a vacation rental house in New Hampshire about 8 months ago for the Fall 2024 leaf peeping season (yup, that’s a thing). Now, only a week out, I’m amazed that I correctly guessed which week the fall colors in New England would be at their peak. I’ve been looking forward… Read more