thoughts, tales and travels
With our trip to Vietnam and Cambodia less than a month away, I am thinking about all that the country of Vietnam has meant to those of us who came of age during the Vietnam War. I have mixed feelings: guilty sympathy for the Vietnamese people combined with a second-hand,...
Safransky, retiring editor of The Sun, imagines the previous owners of a typewriter that had served him well. Writing in 1987, he evokes another era of different details along with the process of writing, which essentially remains the same: I wondered how many other people had owned it over the...
Pope Francis on Christmas Eve: “Tonight, our hearts are in Bethlehem, where the Prince of Peace is once more rejected by the futile logic of war, by the clash of arms that even today prevents him from finding room in the world.”
The Portland Airport experience this morning was about as calm, uncrowded, and smooth as I’ve ever seen. The new version of the Portland Airport carpet just isn’t quite the same, though. I was a fan of the turquoise. I even have a pair of Portland Airport carpet patterned socks, but...
Tired from the flight, just in time for dinner with the group. Turned in early. Toured Glascow in the morning with a bubbly, red-haired guide, a Glascow University grad.
A two-day visit from Bill’s cousin Debbie was a good excuse to take two of our favorite day trips. On Sunday, we drove to Sisters via the Old McKenzie Highway. On Monday, we drove along the Oregon Coast from Depoe Bay to Newport to Florence. Great visit. Wishing everyone a...
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