Walking in Portland)

We’re off on a short family-oriented road trip this week; I’ll tell you a bit more about destination and motivation later. For now, I still have a few more photos I haven’t shown you from…

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Of Books and Popcorn and Trips to Sunshine and . . . Broken Teeth? Ah, Not Again!

Yesterday afternoon, after a productive morning writing and working out in our condo gym (slowly getting back to my program after that prolonged cold/illness), I microwaved a bowl of popcorn and got comfy on the…

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Flying Solo. . . Flexing my Independent Travel Muscles at a Certain Age

I’m not completely sure what demographic we form together, you readers and I. I sometimes think we might be a tad more homogeneous than I’d like (love me some diversity), and I’m pretty sure we…

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Portraits of an Artist’s Play Date. . . .

 Mary Knowles (coincidentally, also my sister’s name) stitched this portrait of herself working on a commission (by Queen Charlotte) of a portrait of King George III. The king’s portrait — also “needle-painted” —  was commissioned…

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Coming Attractions: Solo Travel Recap and a Day for Me!

A few readers have mentioned that they’d like to know more about the solo portion of this last trip.  While we likely all know women “of a certain age” who have always travelled adventurously —…

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