Annual Wanderlust
It happens every year: I get spring fever. Â …
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travel
Leaving Las Vegas
There were Elvi – the plural of Elvis. There were gamblers and drunks and hookers and sugar daddies and Lamborghinis and whoo-hooo girls and guys out on a tear. That’s Las Vegas for you, but it’s not the Vegas we went to see over Christmas. …
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Why Time Flies
Here we are, the end of June, and that happened in a blink, didn’t it? The speed with which life throws itself behind us as we get older, has irked me for years. So I went to Mr. Google and read the research of scholars and psychology experts linked to respected schools and organizations. …
Small Spaces
I’ve long described myself as claustrophobic but I seem to be getting better at handling it. …
A Million Vacations
Boy oh boy, some people have too little to think about. Â …
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Our New Old Set of Wheels
We have mused and fantasized about owning an RV or trailer for as long as we’ve been together. Â …
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Columbia Ice-Failed
On my plane ride to Calgary my seatmate, a man who had retired at 27 and somehow escaped without me strangling him in a jealous rage, said “You HAVE to go to the Columbia Icefield!” Â Apparently it has receded tremendously in the decades since I last saw it. I vividly recall running toward the plain of ice and recoiling in horror as a stranger next to me suddenly began urinating on its edge. Â …
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Y’Ever Notice…?
We stayed at a Comfort Inn last weekend and we usually have a next-to-ideal experience for the dollar. It’s no Ritz but it’s clean, comfortable and in Newmarket’s case, freshly renovated. But there’s a trend I’ve noticed in these mid-range hotels and consider me unimpressed. Â …
1961 Communicates with 2012
We took the Rambler out for a drive yesterday. Â Destination: Bayfield. Â She performed well although her dashboard light has decided to conk out. Â Good thing we got home before dark. Â …
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Gitcher Motor Runnin’
NASCAR. Â Live and in person. Â Michigan International Speedway. We have pit passes and our favourite drivers, #99 Carl Edwards (mine) and #48 Jimmie Johnson (Derek’s) will be there and are at risk of being stalked in a friendly way! Â …
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Web Woes Waning
I’ve been spending an awful lot of time on this website lately, moving the oldest posts to the new overflow site (http://lisabrandt.weebly.com/) and getting rid of photos that are no longer relevant or necessary. Â …