by fistbumpmedia | Mar 31, 2014 | Travel amp; Leisure
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene iiThere are few people past the age of 13 or 14 that haven’t read or, in the event they sat gazing in the vicinity of their 9th grade literature book without...
by fistbumpmedia | Mar 26, 2014 | Travel amp; Leisure
Between visitors from the States, teaching, and my other normal activities, blogging has been put aside for a few weeks. I’m glad to be back!At 7:25 a.m. on day 3 of my trip, I stepped off a Eurail train in Prague, the capital and largest city of the Czech...
by fistbumpmedia | Mar 1, 2014 | Travel amp; Leisure
From the moment I first heard the phrase “bucket list”, I didn’t like it; on the contrary, I do like the idea of a “100 Things” list. I first heard about such a list over 10 years ago from a group of scrapbookers, and I began my own list....
by fistbumpmedia | Feb 23, 2014 | Travel amp; Leisure
While I didn’t actually go “to market, to buy a fat pig”, I am home again — or, at least, I’m back in my UK “home”, with backpack emptied and clothes washed, dried, and put away again.Before I reflect (throughout the coming...
by fistbumpmedia | Feb 13, 2014 | Intangibles, Travel amp; Leisure
“Well, my bag is packed, I’m ready to go . . . “And I’m only slightly embarrassed to admit that since I made my reservations for reading week, I’ve vacillated between excitement and fear, with a few brief moments of something resembling...
by fistbumpmedia | Feb 11, 2014 | Travel amp; Leisure
For some reason, I can’t quite figure out how to post pictures here from iphoto; getting two photos resized and into a previous entry caused me so much frustration that it takes away from the joy of blogging, so I am going to stop trying until I get back home...
