We had gorgeous, if really-chilly, weather for the Fall Foliage Festival. I couldn't feel my fingers as they gripped the paint markers to work on the new mural. There were only gawkers and peekers at first... I'd hear them whispering "what is she doing?" and as soon as I&...
Every year we celebrate my Grandma Magda on August 26th, her birthday (or very close to it). We have a little party in the graveyard. My mom posted a couple of really nice tributes to her mom (my Grandma) on Facebook. And that is my Grandma and my sister in the paintings, which were painted...
I keep getting flashes (re-runs?) in my head from that cartoon from my childhood Super Friends ... "Wonder Twin Power - ACTIVATE!" (she says): "Form of... an eagle!" (he says): "Form of... a bucket of water!" Seriously? You can turn into anything, ANYTHING, just by touching two rings together. And...
In the past few weeks, on our grand adventure, we traveled by airplane, bus, elevated train, cabs, Amtrak trains, Grand Canyon railway, shuttles... everything but a boat! Until today. Today we got to sail on the MV Kearsarge around Lake Sunapee in celebration of a new book by "Alex Ashe". Death on the...
Are we there yet? In yesterday's post, did I make the cosmic error of saying the adventure was over? Perhaps I tempted fate by stating we just had a few flights and then we'd be home? Sigh. The Flagstaff airport is so small, there is only one flight arriving or leaving...
Lilah and I decided to venture down the Bright Angel Trail for a bit this morning. My mom stayed at the top. Although the trail was booby trapped with mule poop (this is the main supply trail for the Phantom Ranch hotel in the canyon), the biggest danger to safe footing is... Stupid tourists. Why...
