My Field Days

My husband makes me cry.  Yes, it’s true.  He won’t like it that I’m telling you this… but you know me.  I have to write everything in my journal! It’s a big to-do month for us.  At the end of May we’ll have been married 30 years.  I suppose I’ve cried a few times over [...]

  If you stepped into my shoes and followed my paths for a few days, you’d discover that I love travel.  (And of course, if you’ve ever spent anytime on this website, you already knew it to be true!) My television viewing usually deals with fascinating places around the globe, or amazing meals prepared by [...]

  Oh my!  The incredible traditions we have in the United States! Earlier this year I was remembering a photo I’d seen of Ronald and Nancy at an Inaugural Ball, and I was thinking of how dream-like it would have been to attend such an event.  And then my mind was off and running, thinking [...]

We were flying home from a business trip.  I was tired from the long week, my head was bobbing, and I closed my eyes to take a short nap on the hour long flight to Albuquerque.  The winter clouds made a soft blanket of white over the landscape, with only occasional holes to look down [...]

It is with great joy that I begin the process of my passport renewal.  I have suffered for ten long years with my current little blue booklet, and I say good riddance!  And more joy is mine.  Apparently, you can now just take your own photo if you are renewing, and if you’re clever enough [...]

I used to love watching Buffy and Jody and that doll – Mrs. Beasley.  Did you?  Goodness!  I hadn’t thought of them in years… but on my latest vacation, a scene popped into my mind while riding a bus, and I enjoyed playing that little segment over again and again every time I boarded one.  [...]

Every woman is supposed to have a little black dress.  That’s what “they” say.  If I were the they we talk about – and those of you who know me best know I’m not kidding – I would say that every woman needs a few good hoodie sweatshirts. However, I must confess, I’m the owner [...]

May I share with you a special day from my latest cruise?  May I give you a glimpse into the world of Holland America?  I shall take a few moments to let you know why it’s my happy home away from home. This was a particularly delightful day, beginning with a trip to the Lido [...]

I won’t lie to you.  It took years of white-knuckled moments before I was able to conquer my fear of parakeets.  My husband is a manly man, but he’s afraid of dogs.  We have spent many a night in a little tent by a stream, praying that what we were hearing was truly water tumbling [...]

Occasionally we add a new word to our vocabulary.  G invented this word last month, and it couldn’t be more perfect.   We’ve been off traveling again.  And again… Holland America has given us a grand time!  We’re not sure if we should spell the new word “hollandaised” or “hollandazed”.  Either works. I shall give you [...]