I promise, this is the last post I will mention my trip to Mongolia as the topic. It’s true, I have already discussed my flights and my itinerary, what more could possibly be mined from this trip? Well, me being me, this is now where I’m going to tell you what I learned. Not helpful travel tips, mind you, rather life lessons. Because that’s how I roll.
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Bath
“The water here can heal,”
or so they used to say
back in the ancient day
and they thought it was real
perhaps a divine deal.
Continue readingNashville on a Sunday

I was in Nashville on Sunday
I didn’t search very far
to find a church bar
Continue readingThe UK trip I finally got to take
For two years I waited to take a trip. When the time finally approached and people asked if I was excited I answered, “eh.” Not that I wasn’t excited but because of COVID this trip had been postponed twice. So, it was hard to get excited or even believe it was actually happening. But it finally happened. I went on my 2020 trip with my brother and sister in law.

The 2020 Trip
In March 2020, I was supposed to go on a trip to the United Kingdom. Our travel company was scheduled to leave the end of March. If you remember your recent history, that was about a week after the world shut down due to COVID. I did not get to go on that trip in 2020. Instead, I waited. But let me start at the beginning.
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The Important Thing
Falling from the sky with style
I am not a bold person. It’s true. For most of my life I have followed the path of least resistance like water. It’s funny though, it only took one decision to step outside my comfort zone to help me choose something some people call daring or brave or stupid. I’ve heard them all. Whatever you want to call it, this is how one trip outside the country eventually led to me parachuting out of a plane four years later.
Continue readingLittle Me in Italy: Part Four
Lugano-flight home-flight home for reals
For our last full day in Italy we went to Switzerland. Specifically, Lugano, an Italian community just across the border. Continue reading
Little Me in Italy: Part Three
Milan-Como-Bellagio
We left Venice on Saturday and stopped in Milan on our way to Como. Milan is a busy city with 2.2 million people. Since spring had winked at us that weekend I believe all 2.2 million were out in the city square. Okay, maybe only 2.1 million. Continue reading