Killarney We left Bearna the next morning for Killarney travelling along the coastline of County Clare, but it was very... read more →
Prelude My mother’s maiden name was Moran and I grew up surrounded by Moran cousins. My mother’s father John Moran... read more →
The next day, Sunday, we decamped from our boat and dropped our belongings at the Hilton property in the center... read more →
Once again, we flew LOT, the Polish airlines, this time to Budapest, Hungary, from O’Hare in Chicago to begin part... read more →
Hiking on Solid Ground On Friday we finally had a chance to walk on solid ground (or as solid as... read more →
Geology Noel and I had wanted to visit the... read more →
We woke up the next morning with our ship docked in Rousse, Bulgaria. From there we were bused an hour... read more →
Our September 2021 voyage on the Danube was the first foreign traveling we had done since returning from the Galapagos... read more →
I believe it was in the spring of 1996 that I first met artist Tina Girouard in person. Some months... read more →
My friend artist Shirley Hudson passed away on October 5, 2020, at the height of the COVID pandemic. I don’t... read more →
At the end of May of this year, 2021, I came across an article in The New York Times about... read more →
As spring began to declare itself in March after we had righteously passed a winter of quarantining and masking, Noel... read more →
About a month after our initial sojourn to Springfield in September, Noel and I drove there again for another mini... read more →
We have been slowly expanding our Covid circumscribed world since the March lockdown. Our daughter Lara suggested we do a... read more →
Backyard Sightseeing One of the great joys of being retired with a good income is travel. Noel and I like... read more →
I believe it was in the spring of 1996 that I first met artist Tina Girouard in person. Some months... read more →
Very early Friday morning, we boarded a domestic commercial flight to Guayaquil where we picked up the rest of our... read more →
Preface while sheltering-in-place I am finishing this travelogue in rather grim circumstances, not so much for me and Noel, but... read more →
The next day, Sunday, we headed back to Jackson stopping... read more →
Our safari began on Wednesday, early the next morning. It was our day to explore Grand Teton National Park. The... read more →