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Seatmate serendipity

April 8, 2017 cinque Leave a comment

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On Leaving Barbados

April 14, 2014 cinque Leave a comment

Wow. *Poof*! There went the last year and a half or so in Barbados! Mostly *poof-itty* fast anyway, except for those e-looooooongated stretches of time when no visitors were scheduled on the calendar and no trips off … Continue Reading ››

Cattails got your tongue

April 6, 2014 cinque Leave a comment

When I was around 11 years old I had a friend named A that lived just a few houses away. Though she was a couple of years older than me her artistic, kindly and shy manner gave us enough reason for friendship had … Continue Reading ››

writing

Monkeygirl

March 14, 2014 cinque Leave a comment

airport

At the airport I see a young girl of 5 or 6 wheeling her small colorful bag behind her. Actually, I hear her first, as she calls out, "Mom! Mom!" Not panicked at first but then more … Continue Reading ››

absurdity, Anderson Cooper, anxiety, dentist, funeral, Heaven, humor, hysterical, I'm in heaven, laughing fit, laughter, nervous, strange, uncontrollable laughter

It bubbles forth…

March 7, 2014 cinque Leave a comment

Thank you Anderson, good to know I'm not alone!

Recently had my first visit with a new dentist. Due to previous “incidents” involving Inappropriate and Hard to Harness Laughter at dental offices … Continue Reading ››

albergo, driving, fog, hospitality, Italy, open mind, seek, travel

Through the fog

March 4, 2014 cinque Leave a comment

This may, or may not have been our golden lit and redemptive albergo...

When traveling in foreign places and walking … Continue Reading ››

candelabra, forest, mountains, strangeness, walking

Candelabra-cadabra

March 2, 2014 cinque Leave a comment

Amidst the extravagant silence of a Sierra Nevada twilight many June moons ago, I took a long walk with a candelabra. Continue Reading ››

airlines, airports, boarding, chaos, flying, humor, travel

All Aboard!

January 12, 2014 cinque Leave a comment

Photo: My impressions of my AA flight boarding in Miami the other day... Preboarding - those that need a “little extra assistance” - forthwith comes a platoon of parents with children, some … <a href=

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bugs, entomology, humor, insects, Italy, phobias, scorpions, spiders, yellowjackets

Hokey-pokey with arachnids

October 21, 2013 cinque Leave a comment

Colorful, non-threatening looking little bug that was, unfortunately, not one of the bugs encountered on this trip.

Entomology could never have been my field of study because, well … Continue Reading ››

beauty, drinking, eating, Europe, food, hornets, insects, Italy, Lake Como, Life, love, mountains, scorpions, spiders, sunrise, travel, Tremezzo, walking, wine, wonder

In Italy

October 21, 2013 cinque Leave a comment

In Italy we awoke most days at dawn's first light, watching as it tendered itself slowly through the skylight of … Continue Reading ››