Last month, I crossed the Atlantic twice. The outbound darkness hardly endures the trip; inevitably a curious passenger will open the shades shortly after midnight Central time to look at the water and wake everyone up by chasing the dawn to Europe. It can’t be helped. Returning, the ocean 40,000 feet below seems to sustain [...]
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Bodies of Water
Posted in Random thoughts, tagged Atlantic ocean, flooding, travel, water on June 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sketches so far
Posted in Encounters, Random thoughts, tagged Eurostar, fashion, France, introvert, Paris, trains, travel on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Thursday night, Paris, France, 15 May 2008
There are some people I want to remember by jotting them down before taking a first nap in Paris. First, the woman on the train to Chicago who is 73, has lived in the same house her entire life and considers Frank Sinatra the love of her life. Eek. [...]
May
Posted in Random thoughts, tagged trains, travel on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Time for a road trip! It will be so good to get away from the daily grind, even though I’ll start missing my son intensely the moment I step out the door. It’s good for him to see Mom happy and engaged in something unrelated to his activities or homework! Yesterday, I was mowing the [...]
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