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Hawaii in 2016

Hawaii in 2016

I always want to bring mom and dad to a warm place in January or February.   His lungs and back pain just don’t do well in Vancouver’s wet and drizzily winters.  I can always tell if it is a bad day.  I call…his voice is slower, raspier, and an...

It’s scary out there

Her mannish pants evidently a couple of sizes too large slushed against her legs. Her pinned updo from the 70s tower on the top of her head.  She glares down her nose over her glasses that are sliding off.  “Yeah, yeah, yeah bag check”,  she mutters...
Grandchildren a Day on Ilse de la Madeleine

Grandchildren a Day on Ilse de la Madeleine

  The Gift of Grandchildren:   Grandchildren are very different from our children. We ourselves are different from the days when we were parents.  Older now and past the production years, we have time to want more for grandchildren than we did for our own...
A few days in Lisbon

A few days in Lisbon

Actually it was a few days in Parede. Laura and Tony live here. They are 30 minute train ride outside the center of Lisbon, near the sea. Parede is a small community where people greet each other on the street. You see old ladies hunched over, heads held together...
New York New York

New York New York

The cruise was great.  It was great because we chose to go with a level called Haven.  I’m not sure they offer this in other  cruise lines.  Certainly a larger suite in other cruise lines is very expensive and I’m not certain they offer these same extras...