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...
by fistbumpmedia | Feb 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
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...
by fistbumpmedia | Feb 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Starting this week, I’ll be joining a group of bloggers who post on the same topic every Tuesday. The overall title of this project is “Ten on Tuesday”; typically the assignment is to list 10 somethings-or-others — whatever fits the assignment....
by fistbumpmedia | Feb 2, 2014 | Travel amp; Leisure
This past Friday brought our first excursion to London. I opened the blinds early that morning to gray skies and rain, walked to our meeting point in the rain, rode all the way to London in . . . . well, I think you get the picture. Things did change a bit after noon....
by fistbumpmedia | Jan 29, 2014 | Travel amp; Leisure
We spent the night at a Holiday Express just on the edge of Oxford and travelled through fairly hard rain to Bath, where we enjoyed touring the Roman baths at our own leisure using individual audio devices. I’m sure Roman ruins are not everyone’s cup of...
by fistbumpmedia | Jan 29, 2014 | Travel amp; Leisure
Saturday morning found me boarding yet another bus, this time with about 30 students, the Illinois mentor, and a tour guide — all of us bound for Oxford to visit Oxford University. Our tour guide was wonderful. Throughout our journey, she shared interesting...
by fistbumpmedia | Jan 29, 2014 | Travel amp; Leisure
Originally, I had planned to write about the entire past weekend in one post, but I simply couldn’t get the post short enough to make that feasible; my internal editor couldn’t convince the writer in me to cut much of anything. Instead, I’ll be...
by fistbumpmedia | Jan 27, 2014 | Self-Care, Travel amp; Leisure
I am not stiff-necked, and I don’t mind apologizing when I have wronged someone. So here you go, Rich. I apologize for inwardly doubting you.Let me explain. Rich is one of my colleagues (from another of my college’s four campuses), and he served as the...
