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Island Beauty
This morning I was scanning some old photos again and before I knew it, I was reliving one of our most beautiful trips ever. It was a well deserved 10-day vacation many years ago to Mauritius, a small...
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The Smoke That Thunders
One beautiful December morning some 25 years ago, we stepped onboard a small and very old propeller plane in Lusaka, Zambia to fly south to the Zambia/Zimbabwe border. That was the first of many trips...
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Kushari and the Thousand Crunches
When you have back to back meetings the whole day, live on coffee and don’t get a lunch break, what do you do? I know what I do. I have a nice dinner! If this happens on a business trip, I have a...
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A Different Kind of Easter Weekend
Many years ago when we lived in Ethiopia, one of our favorite outdoor activities was to drive to Awash National Park which is situated about 140 miles (225 km) South-East of Addis Ababa. It was a...
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Sit Back and Enjoy the Ride
I love eventless flying. Just simply transferring from point A to point B. And at times further to point C and D and E. The more I have to fly, the more I want it to be…well, just plain travel, with...
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Out of Africa – the Coastal Beauty
I wrote a post recently about Karen Blixen’s story – her years in Africa as told by her in the book “Out of Africa”, which also became a famous film in mid 1980s. While her story is intriguing, I...
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Around the House
For weekend reading this Saturday, I thought I would take you on a nostalgic tour around the yard and garden of my childhood home. I visited there last week for my dear dad’s 90th birthday. The first...
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Roasted. It’s good for you.
Good Friday morning! Have you ever woken up to the finest fragrance of coffee being roasted? That smells morning! Almost as good as the actual liquid you’ll be able to enjoy just a bit later. When we...
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Summer on the Beach. Ospreys and Old Friends.
I hope your weekend was great. For us it was a weekend of sun and blue skies. And a few sudden thunderstorms as can be expected mid July in Florida. Lots of outdoors time for me. Sweaty and refreshing...
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Throwback Thursday: Lions out of Focus
Generally speaking, focus is the central point of attention or activity. We may agree that it’s important to focus on whatever we want to get done. I’d like to add that how we focus on something may...
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Chasing Ancient Birds. In My Dreams.
There I was, walking around at the pyramids in Giza in ancient Egypt. A few thousand years ago. With my latest Canon. It was hot and hazy, but the heat didn’t bother me. I felt happy and light on my...
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Up Close and Personal. Going Home.
During my recent trip to Europe, I went to see my dear dad for a few days. At the respectable age of 91, he lives in his house at a beautiful lake in Finland. He built it himself when I was about four...
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Why I Prefer an Elephant’s Butt to Her Belly
For weekend reading I thought I would tell you a short story, just a bit longer than my usual seventeen syllables. This is a true story about elephants and how they taught me a “tiny lesson”. It was a...
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Arts and Architecture: The Dali Museum
Last Sunday we went on an artsy outing with some friends to see the Picasso-Dali exhibition now showing at the Dali Museum in St. Petersburg, FL. And it didn’t disappoint! This exhibition combined...
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Silence Breathes in Colors. On Caladesi Island.
One morning at the end of January, I set out with a friend just after sunrise. She had agreed to join me for a hike on Caladesi Island, one of the few remaining pristine barrier islands in the Gulf of...
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Clearwater, FL. Destination for Your Outward-bound Vacation.
I originally wrote this article for Bucketlistpublications.com where it was published on January 13. It’s a little different from my usual posts, but I have edited it slightly and added many more...
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Swan Songs and Alligators.
I’m back home after a great trip. I shouldn’t really say this was a short vacation, as I feel no need to take time off from my permanent vacation here on our barrier island. My travels nowadays are...
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Mobile. With Security.
Tired drizzle. London fog. Coffee. Traffic congestion. Rain. Bacon rolls. Meeting. More tired. Hiking 2.6 miles. At airports. In winter gear. With security. More coffee and automatic weapons. Birds,...
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Hiking. With Serenity. And a Dog.
Immersed in serenity. Whispers of the forest. Beholding the dance of the clouds. And tasting the air. Fresh. Comforting. It fills my being. Hiking. We pass the childhood “river”. At both ends of the...
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