Walker Art Center, an escape from Black Friday.
Category: In This Together
Monster with Limited English
Ran past this willow. My nephews like to hide in it while I lurch around it as a monster with limited English skills.
Our Castle in England
I’m back in Minneapolis from my travels, so it is a priority to plan future travels. Today I booked an entire English castle for 2016. It’s just a little castle, actually a gatehouse, it’s only for a week, and it costs about the same as two hotel rooms. I want to introduce my nephews…… Continue reading Our Castle in England
Views from a Rooftop Bar
“Great view.” I kept looking at the Acropolis. Then I realized I was being spoken to. I turned around to see a man in his 70’s. I muttered something in agreement. Hearing my accent he started a “Your Country” routine about British politics. “Wrong country,” I interrupted. Once he determined my actual citizenship he started…… Continue reading Views from a Rooftop Bar
Views from a Rooftop Bar
Posted about a conversation that started with this view yesterday evening.
My Long Journey to Ireland
I disliked history classes at my high school in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The focus on studying for examinations did not fit my learning style. The teaching style often reflected the teacher’s lack of interest in teaching. To be fair, I did not then have the life experiences to sufficiently understand the nuances of how…… Continue reading My Long Journey to Ireland
One For My Grandfather
Tower of London today: 888,246 ceramic poppies, one for each British WW1 military death; one for my grandfather.
Mario the Cockerel
Bringing Mario the cockerel to his new Newcastle home. An old family friend admired it, so I got it for her garden.
Cream Cake at Fenwick’s
Honored my Mum’s memory with a cuppa and cream cake in Fenwick’s department store, Newcastle. She loved to go there.
Independent Scots
She stands resolutely in front of her home in the “mucky wee port” of Port Glasgow, Scotland. My Aunt Madge, helmet and gas mask at the ready, standing against the Nazi threat. The threat was real. Bombs rained down on the nearby shipyards, and on British, American, and Free French bases. My mother and aunt…… Continue reading Independent Scots