Monthly Archives: July 2013

You know how poets and writers and people who produce television shows are always trying to convince us that our soulmates are people with whom we form this almost immediate psychic connection? Upon meeting your soulmate, a bell the size … Continue reading →

So earlier this week I forayed forth on a solo backpacking trip, the first of the year. Which makes it sound like I get out several times every year for exciting backpacking trips through the mountains of Colorado. The truth … Continue reading →

And today, I’m not even talking about the beer, though that too, is pretty awesome. Well, pretty good, in any case. Hey, I like it! Don’t judge me! But as I said, this time Heineken has done something completely outside … Continue reading →

Observed outside our hotel in St. Petersburg and submitted for the reader’s perusal. I’d just like to point out the irony, if that is the correct term, of a massively upgraded, American Army designed combat support vehicle, converted into a … Continue reading →

One night, while in St. Petersburg, we needed a taxi to get back to our hotel after dinner. Seems simple. And getting the taxi was, just asked the waiter to arrange for one after we finished our meal, and the … Continue reading →

The tour that we had contracted with Exeter lasted seven days. But Mary wasn’t sure if she was ever going to get another opportunity to visit to the Hermitage, so she had scheduled a couple of extra days in St. … Continue reading →

Today would be the last day of the organized Exeter tour, as well as my first day as a fifty seven year old, which I am reliably informed is totally old. I am so pleased. Luda and Vladimir (our driver), … Continue reading →

My faithful iMac turned recalcitrant and sulky, just like a teenager. Well, it is four years old, which must be seventeen in computer years, so I guess it was to be expected. I took it to the Genius Bar, which … Continue reading →