Robin and I have been back from Hawai’i for over a week. Time enough to look back on everything that we did and come to a conclusion. I conclude we had an awesome time! On Friday, May 24, we drove to the north of Oahu again. Our destination was the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC), inContinue reading “HAWAI’I INSIGHTS 6-9-24”
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PELE-GODDESS OF CREATION AND DESTRUCTION 5-20-24
Monday was a great day. One of the main things I wanted to do while in Hawai’i was visit Volcano National Park. This is located on the Big Island, Hawai’i. Robin and I set up a guided tour with Aloha Sunshine Tours. The package we got paid for the flight from Oahu to Kona InternationalContinue reading “PELE-GODDESS OF CREATION AND DESTRUCTION 5-20-24”
Waikiki – 5-17-24
Robin and I woke up Friday feeling much better for the rest. We went to a coffee shop on the ground floor of Waikiki Banyan. Robin got her usual iced vanilla coffee, I got my usual mocha. Over our breakfast sandwiches, I told her about a dream I’d had involving hitting an annoying person withContinue reading “Waikiki – 5-17-24”
MEDITATIONS-TRAVEL, PT 2
When we last we had seen our intrepid travelers, they were in Detroit Wayne County Airport, waiting for their first trip in First Class. First up was a breakfast of Mongolian Hash for breakfast at P.F. Chang’s. Then came the waiting, A five-hour layover. The funniest moment was when a mother and her young son,Continue reading “MEDITATIONS-TRAVEL, PT 2”
MEDITATIONS-TRAVEL 5-16-24
Travel is stressful. You are willfully pulling yourself away from the known, comfortable environs of your home and thrusting yourself into the unknown. You subject yourself to the mind-numbing intricacies of a burgeoning bureaucracy, place yourself in a mass of people who are as tired, dazed and sweaty as you are, and put you andContinue reading “MEDITATIONS-TRAVEL 5-16-24”
MEDITATIONS-ALL SET
Today is our last day at home. Robin and I will have to get up very early tomorrow to go to Indianapolis International Airport. Our first leg is coach, it’s a short trip from Indy to Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport. We have a long layover there, but we will fly first class from DetroitContinue reading “MEDITATIONS-ALL SET”
ALOHA!
A few months ago, Robin asked me where I would like to go for my 60th birthday, which is at the end of this month. She thought I would choose to go back to Wales. I was sorely tempted. My sense of Hiraeth is very strong. But…no. A couple of years ago, Robin traveled withContinue reading “ALOHA!”
MEDITATIONS-TRAVEL
I am sitting in a Holiday Inn Express in Brevard, North Carolina. It is a wonderful town in western North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I have been tasked with assessing the schools here for the past week, before moving on to a major project next week in Charlotte, North Carolina. I’ll be backContinue reading “MEDITATIONS-TRAVEL”
MEDITATIONS-CELEBRATE LIFE
Three weeks ago, some monsters broke through a wall near Gaza City and started doing monstrous things, not only to unsuspecting Israelis, but to God-fearing people all over the world. Our mostly peaceful lives were shattered by less-than men, hopped up on Captagon, who thought imposing their hate-filled death cult on defenseless people made themContinue reading “MEDITATIONS-CELEBRATE LIFE”
MEDITATIONS-ANOTHER FAREWELL 9/15/23
Robin and I got up early this morning, had our Donut Friar breakfast with coffee, and set out for Clingman’s Dome. The Dome is an hour’s drive away, with the route taking us through the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The Mission? Spread more of my parent’s ashes. All it was goingContinue reading “MEDITATIONS-ANOTHER FAREWELL 9/15/23”
Meditations of a Bald, Fat Guy 