Archive for the ‘Travel’ Category
February 6, 2019
I never visited my friend Louise when she lived two miles from my house. She was my singing student before we became friends. Then she moved to Oregon City and I spent five hours travel time to visit her there. I’ll get to that in a minute. First there were the books. Or rather, The Read the Rest…
June 27, 2018
Tags: The Sandpiper Beach Resort
My neighbor Gwen read my previous blog The Solstice Zone, which ended with the teaser to stayed tuned for part two. She wrote me “I look forward to your next post to find out What Actually Happened at the Ocean.” This alarmed me because nothing actually Happened at the Ocean. I thought about 1) making Read the Rest…
September 8, 2016
Tags: 99 Girdles On the Wall, All Present, The OK Chorale
Last May when I was two weeks away from my trip to England, I started a folder called “Stuff to Do When I Get Back” and began tossing notes quite liberally into it. After spending an idyllic June in England, I came home to my life, which includes wonderful friends and neighbors, my two cats Read the Rest…
July 13, 2016
Tags: Astral Cream, Brexit, London, oyster card, St Paul's Cathedral, Trafalgar Square
(This is the final entry in a series that begins with A Night in Steerage.) The third week of June was a strange time to be in London. Brexit was approaching its vote. A beloved MP, Jo Cox, a strong advocate of immigration, had been assassinated outside her constituency office in Yorkshire. The country was Read the Rest…
July 9, 2016
Tags: St Pancras, The Canterbury Tales
(This is the twelfth in a series that begins with A Night in Steerage.) I’ve wanted to see Canterbury Cathedral for as long as I can remember. Never more so than after I read The Canterbury Tales a few summers’ ago. It was on the itinerary for Wednesday but I almost didn’t go. There were Read the Rest…
July 7, 2016
Tags: Camberwell Green, Imperial War Museum, S.O.E., Southwark, Special Operations Executive, The Delaunay, The Globe Theatre
(This the eleventh in a series that begins with A Night in Steerage.) London is my favorite city in the whole world but I ached on the way to the train station. I had loved not feeling (completely) like a tourist. Wendy, Sue and I had gotten on well together and I felt a lot Read the Rest…
July 5, 2016
Tags: Broadchurch, Golden Cap, John Betjeman, Lime Tree Bower My Prison, Lyme Regis, National Trust, Nether Stowey, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The French Lieutenant's Woman, West Bay
(This the tenth in a series that begins with A Night in Steerage.) The day after my birthday, Sue and Wendy had appointments in Wells but I opted to stay home. I was intent on finding a footpath, if I was lucky, to Street. Or barring that, just a footpath to walk. They are everywhere Read the Rest…
July 3, 2016
Tags: A Cloud of Witnesses, Autumn Sequel, lemon posset, Louis MacNeice, Marks and Spencer Luxury Gold, Saunder's Garden Center, shepherd's pie, St Andrews Burnham-on-Sea, The Guardian
(This is 9th in a series that begin with A Night in Steerage.) After my experience in Wells, I wasn’t eager to try new bus adventures. I wanted to go to Nether Stowey to see the Coleridge Cottage. Sue looked into it for me and said that the bus would only get me to within Read the Rest…
July 2, 2016
Tags: Bakers Dolphin, Bishop's Palace Wells Cathedral, Burns the Bread, Frasier, Louie the Wells Cathedral Cat, Maisie the Bishop's Palaces cat, Niles Crane, Webber bus, Wells Cathedral, Wookey Hole
(This is 8th in a series that begin with A Night in Steerage.) On my way to the Old Pier to catch the bus to Wells I chatted with a man who ascertained for what felt like the hundredth time which side of the street I wanted. It’s funny: there aren’t that many buses in Read the Rest…
July 1, 2016
Tags: Astral, Burman-on-Sea, Queen Elizabeth's 90th birthday, St Andrew's Church Burnam-on-Sea, Talisker
(This is 7th in a series that begins with A Night in Steerage) Burnham-on-Sea is a small resort town on Bridgewater Bay, which is itself a dip in the Bristol Channel. I was here in 2009 when Mervyn was alive and Pam was herself. I stayed with them in their semi-detached house on Love Lane. Read the Rest…
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