In life, we tend to fantasize about things we want or expect to happen. Like the joy you will get the next time you see family or...

I recently got word that a short story of mine called "DREAMER" was selected by Writer's Weekly 2024 Summer Short Story Contest as the...

I wrote this a few years ago when my grandson was just five. He is 12 now, but the sentiment is still there. If you have grandchildren,...

Leaving Frankfurt, we flew Lufthansa Business Class to Dublin. “Business Class” was used very loosely as the only thing different between...

Germany. Think about it. If it weren’t for the fact that we have a wonderful friend, (Karin,) who was from Germany or that Traveler #2...

I am quite a bit behind on posting as life on the road has been demanding, (in a good way.) I will shorten this post to catch you all up....

The trip off the boat to the airport was something out of a Laurel & Hardy movie. We followed all...well, mostly all...okay, one rule in...

(Just kidding, Folks!) It took a while to get “the lay of the land” for this trip. The ship, RCCL’s, the Oasis of the Seas, was a large...

We have been at sea now for five days. I will spare you the details of boarding, but let’s just say it was just a little bit less...

Day Two of Our Drive to the Miami Cruise Port. The journey between the Panhandle of Florida and South Florida can be done in a day for...

Okay folks, Slick and Tootsie are in the throws of our next journey. We shall be cruising to Spain on Sunday, flying to Germany to see...

A while ago, I purchased a "Fitbit" to motivate me to lose a bit of weight. Fitbit is a calculator of sorts. It monitors, via a black...

As we age we tend to reflect on our lives. We think about those who have touched us at some point in our lives. In the past few years, I...

I'm scratching myself like a tick-eaten dog. Every inch of me itches and I don't know why. This is day two of endless digging, rapidly...

So, our son spent an extended period of time with us while his wife and child were settling into their new home and job in Germany. We...

We are several days into our stay at Lucca. The weather has been perfect, as has everything we have done. Against my better judgment we...

We have dumped Traveler #3 with his mom, as they will now be living in Germany. As the grandmother whom the boy affectionately calls...

Slipping from the harbor at midnight, Clouds ghosting the hills of Fuchal A full moon obsesses a veiled sky Gaiety echoes from bars...

We are now two full days into our trip. We defied death on our journey from the Florence airport to our hotel in Historic Old Town...

Well, the new Italian Adventure begins... This year, our grandson, age 11, will be accompanying us. His first trip to Europe, but he is...