Backpacking through Europe — Day 4 (morning only)
One line from my journal entry for February 17 perfectly sums up day 4 of my journey: "A heavenly day in every way -- I love Wien!"Yes, day 4 found me disembarking an overnight train and arriving at 6:15 at the train station in Wien (Vienna). What a difference a...
Backpacking through Europe — day 3
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...
A Much-Needed Attitude Adjustment
Well, I certainly got a much-needed wake-up call this morning. Today's reading in the chronological 1-yr Bible I'm using in my morning quiet time is Numbers 11-13. The Israelites are grumbling about their diet -- no meat, no variety, just manna. They're focused...
Backpacking through Europe — days 1 & 2
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. I don't have a clue what...
Ten on Tuesday: I Feel . . .
It's topics like this week's Ten on Tuesday that give me pause as a blogger. Honesty = vulnerability, and that can be scary. {Taking a deep breath} Well, here goes!I feel . . . 1. extremely blessed to have the opportunity to spend this semester in England.2....
Change, Reduce, or Eliminate the Negatives (Dream Save Do #3)
Getting settled here in England, spending time with my students, preparing for lectures & seminars, and getting out and about in Canterbury (and beyond) has taken up the vast majority of my time the past 7 weeks, but Dream Plan Do has never been out of my mind....
Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jig
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 week) on each of the 4 places I visited,...
Heading out on an Adventure
"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 calm thrown in just to keep...
A Royal Residency and the Final Resting Spot of Royalty
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 and...
Ten on Tuesday: 10 Favorite Things that are Red
I love red -- I really, really do -- so I thought when I saw this week's Ten on Tuesday topic, that this would be an easy one. Hmmm . . . not the slam dunk I thought it would be!1. Strawberries -- I love them on their own, dipped in chocolate, on shortcake with...