Ocean

With more delays and more apologies, the flight for Berlin takes off. We are a packed plane, holding scatterings of passengers from so many ...

It’s midnight in Paris: Wednesday is quickly becoming Thursday. I'm struggling to stay awake to put up a post. Alarms are set for some h...

One person’s chaos is another’s yawn. That’s the punch line. Oh! Finally! A photo from this side of the ocean: Not Berlin, is it? Yo...

December in central Europe is a dreary time of biting cold, wet air. I have such vivid memories of this -- dating back to my childhood years...

We’re going to Poland, my younger daughter and I, but not immediately. Our first stop is Berlin. From there, on the week-end, we’ll take the...

The day before a departure is always wild. It starts early, with my reaching for the computer before dawn and it ends with a slight worry th...

A day of wonders and exclamation marks. Perhaps I’m the only one that can appreciate them, but still, I have to note here that I am impresse...

Well, now, that was pretty cool. Go to sleep in shades of gray and wake up to a bleary predawn world of blue and white. At least that’s ...

These are exciting times. And though the conventional wisdom is that December is stress central, I feel it to be the opposite. When the weat...

Should I? Yes, of course I should. It's 16, but it's dry and sunny. I've seen worse. Yes, but the cold... And it will feel wor...

The December rush. Taxing, but so very pleasant.. Hurrying forward, you find yourself humming. Lots to do! Isn’t life delightful? There is...

This was the last day of November? Oh my. December is not for the timid. There’s too much going on. For me, there are several dozen points...

In the last month, I have received some half dozen thank you notes, mostly from daughters’ friends who have come to a family meal here. I ha...

You could say we picked the wrong day for a hike. Yesterday was a bone chilling winter-like day. Today, the temperature shot up nearly 30 de...

We’re at Luigi’s in Two Rivers. People from Wisconsin tend to know where Two Rivers is – it’s where two rivers – the East Twin ...