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"For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go.”

Cemetery hearts

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Traveler

“Behold and See as you Pass By As you are Now so Once was I As I am Now you soon will Be Prepare for Death and Follow Me.” On the grounds of St. Paul’s Chapel in lower Manhattan, New … Continue reading →

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Vintagio* mini-films

Posted on July 22, 2017 by Traveler

A few years ago I got really into making little mini-movies with an app I was playing around with at the time called Vintagio*.  I would find something of interest to shoot with my iPhone camera, record a few minutes … Continue reading →

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Babysitting by Willard

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Traveler

One of my favorite posts on the entire Internet — an excellent piece titled “If 70s Moms Had Blogs” — takes me hilariously back to the long-gone good-and-bad old days of the 1970s.  I’m somewhat of a nostalgia addict, so posts … Continue reading →

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Small towns

Posted on June 9, 2017 by Traveler

On a recent drive along Route 78 East in Pennsylvania, I passed a roadside attraction I’d driven past a million times before without stopping.  It’s called Roadside America Miniature Village. It’s a museum of miniatures built over decades by a … Continue reading →

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Stanley

Posted on May 9, 2017 by Traveler

A year and two months ago, I had the opportunity to spend a night alone at The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Colorado.  Among other things, this hotel is known for being the inspiration for the hotel with a sinister … Continue reading →

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Frank

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Traveler

I’ve written several times in this space over the past few years about death and dying and those I’ve lost.  Unfortunately, on April 1, there was another death, this one unexpected. His name is Frank, and he was the longtime … Continue reading →

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Happy April Fool’s Day

Posted on April 1, 2017 by Traveler
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Table Settings

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Traveler

Atop Cape Town’s Table Mountain, more than 3,500 feet above sea level, there is more to see than a flat tabletop. Table Mountain can be scaled if you have the right gear and a heart for the challenge.  I met … Continue reading →

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Cape Town hijinks

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Traveler

About forty minutes after this picture was taken (right, the shot of a statue of a man in a “heil”-like pose), something dire occurred. My iPhone was lifted out of my bag, never to be returned.  Or found. I have … Continue reading →

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For the Love of the Grape

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Traveler

In addition to cemeteries, sunsets, and trains, I love wine. There was one particularly cloudy, wet, drizzly day toward the end of my Cape Town sojourn, and that is the day that called for one of those other things South … Continue reading →

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