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I ran into a baby boom over at John Prince Park on one of my paddling trips the other day.  This large county park, real close to my house in Lantana, FL, has always been my year-round, go-to spot for … Continue reading →

Starting now I can slip into a little afternoon nap and no one will be the wiser.  Granddaughter Simone has gifted me with my very own pair of Napping Glasses.  Sleeping?  Not me!

My old neighborhood in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is getting a facelift!  Even the apartment building I lived in for a couple years has a new coat of paint. Located in the old Piazza section of town, that three-story building was … Continue reading →

I don’t remember how I ended up with a patch of aloe in my front yard.  Maybe my father?  He used to enjoy planting random stuff in my Florida yard when he’d visit.  And he also enjoyed pulling up random … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I’ve bored you with a photo of an old gas station but on my jaunts between Florida and Connecticut this fall I discovered one worth pointing out. It’s on a corner in Wilmington NC.  The … Continue reading →

Warning:  Objects in your windshield may appear closer than they are.  Windmill in the hills of southern Pennsylvania. To offer some perspective, the hub of this machine is as big as a bus.

This one evokes some nice feelings.  A pleasant country road running atop a ridge named Apple Pie because there used to live along there in a small cottage a kindly old woman who made great apple pies. There’s an Apple … Continue reading →

One of my favorite places to paddle in the Northeast is on the Swift River below the Quabbin Reservoir in Belchertown in central Massachusetts.    I like it as much for the human-made river art along it as I do … Continue reading →