How to make the most of a winter visit to Yosemite

November 19, 2025
winter-in-Yosemite
Yosemite in winter feels like stepping into a cathedral made not by human hands, but by time, stone, and sky. The granite walls wear their cloaks of snow like solemn...
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For the love of cars

October 13, 2025
love-of-cars
There’s a certain poetry in the way a car hums beneath your hands—that low, purring promise of motion and freedom. Some people say it’s just metal and rubber,...
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Meet our travel agent & you’ll know why we love ...

August 28, 2025
travel-agent
We travel a lot....a whole lot. Which is why we use a travel agent. We don't want to spend every waking minute planning our many trips. Nor could we ever keep track...
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Why people love motorcycles

August 4, 2025
motorcycles
One of my friends loves to ride his motorcycle. Just like the fabled riders of screen and literature, he loves the thrill, the speed, the wind in his hair and the...
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A visit to a pretty little Greek village

July 14, 2025
Greece
Arolithos, Greece. Sun-washed and idyllic. Peaceful and charming. But I'll let the photos tell the story from my trip in May. One of my fellow travelers was...
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How a trot in Turkey became more of a slog in Istanbul.

May 8, 2025
Istanbul
No one serves their older demographic better than Viking, in my opinion. We’ve taken four Viking river cruises and two ocean cruises and for the most part the...
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What Pearl Harbor teaches us about war

April 7, 2025
Pearl-Harbor
I'm a pacifist, a position I came to later in life. I can't say I ever really thought about war during my life, even though, yes, in college during the late 1960s I...
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How to use fashion, food, fiesta and family as coping mech...

February 2, 2025
I'm back east, in snowy western New York state. Haven't seen a cardinal yet, but sure would like to....they represent hope during turmoil. But never fear: Our...
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How to do the scary thing: like move to the South of France

January 6, 2025
do-the-scary-thing
No, not me. Not that I'm unfamiliar with do the scary thing. So many of us wish we could live abroad. Especially these days. So sharing a great blog post from my...
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Gee, it’s good to be back home, again

July 10, 2024
back-home
Oh, to be able to step into a time machine and revisit the old days. What is it that's so alluring about the past? Is it the innocence of youth, when the world hangs...
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