Trapped inside the Orsay clock. Hello, everyone. Long time no see. Last I talked to you, we were getting used to rural living in the Adirondacks and learning the etiquette of the local laundromat. Fast forward a few months, and we’re on our European winter journey. There’s Steve with the technical details: Flying to ParisContinue reading “October in Paris”
Category Archives: Wanderlust
The Joys Of Living Small
Hello, everyone. I hope you’re enjoying your summer. If not, this should help. You may know that we sold our home on Lake Champlain to move to Thailand this winter, but in the meantime, we moved into a minuscule three-season Adirondack camp. Here’s an update. The move was harsh. It fortunately didn’t give usContinue reading “The Joys Of Living Small”
Covid Travels
When the 2020 COVID winter’s short days and cold nights sucked away at our souls until we started ripping into each other, we knew it was time to go. But where? Good question. Anywhere that wasn’t here and was COVID free. But that doesn’t exist. We agreed on a socially distant, health responsibleContinue reading “Covid Travels”
Jones Update
After a year away, we’re back in the North Country, and it’s bitter-sweet. I miss Thailand and my Chiang Mai friends. I miss the spices, the heat, and swimming before the pool opening time. I miss the orange-clad monks collecting alms as I returned from the market loaded with fruit, vegetables, and the meat-du-jour: anythingContinue reading “Jones Update”
COVID travels 2: Turkey’s heart.
After five days spent chasing Mehmet the Conqueror’s shadow in a scorching Istanbul, haunted by moody cats and hungry carpet sellers, we left for dusty Edirne. The second Ottoman capital is a sleepy town in the tiny, bland European Turkey, and renting a car was a challenge, since they hadn’t heard of one-way rentals, butContinue reading “COVID travels 2: Turkey’s heart.”