My Little Sister, Ann, Makes Me Proud For My 79th Birthday!
Revenge by Ann Dickinson Sargent My mean big sister told me, “If you stood sideways and stuck out your tongue, people would think you were a zipper!’ Well, this morning in my mirror,...
View ArticleI Spent My Birthday With The Archangel Michael, Near The White Sea In Russia
This is me in my newest Hostel Netizen in Moscow. I was just gifted with watermelon to eat while I’m catching up on these Russian blogs. I went to Archangelsk, near the Arctic Circle, to celebrate my...
View ArticleA Funny Story About A New Dress Purchased The Night Before My Aeroflot Flight...
I like clothes and it was my birthday, after all; so when I saw a darling dress in a cute little store in Archangelsk, Russia, I snapped it up the afternoon before I flew to Moscow. Instead of taking...
View ArticleMoscow & Me! I Like It Just As Well As I Did At Perestroika Time!
Twenty-six years ago, I flew into Moscow rather frequently, when I planned and led group Citizen Diplomacy Tours between 1990 and 1994. When the country opened to Americans at Glasnost/Perestroika,...
View ArticleSo Many New Moscow Friends…… But I Had To Travel On To Riga, Latvia
On the Moscow Subway. I got lost when I tried it all by myself. They liked my new book….so I gave Edu an inscribed copy. Victor and I “blew up the world” just as everyone expected the Russians and...
View ArticleWhere, Oh Where, Is The White Sea? Near The Arctic Circle….In Russia!
The White Sea is serene, cold, and beautiful. There were lovely forests along the shore. But, there were also fancy hotels and apartment buildings. Just like Miami. Well, not quite…. On my 79th...
View ArticleAfter Europe, I’m in Israel For A Month
My story is the same as it was a month ago, except that I’ve covered different ground. I flew from Paris, France to Tel Aviv, Israel on October 29 and it feels as if I’ve been here far longer than just...
View ArticleMake Friends! Not Art!
Amit Netzer, of Eliat, an Israeli hostel developer. Anytime you need a long-term, solo, experienced, RTW hosteler to tell you what we want in a hostel…I’m your gal! I’m already getting some good ideas...
View ArticleLeaving A Legacy Of Jitterbug In Tel Aviv, Israel
Last night, for the second time on this solo, around-the-world jaunt, I taught some fellow-hostelers how to Jitterbug! That’s the fast, Rock & Roll Dance that I used to do in The Fifties, when I...
View ArticleBack to Europe From The Holy Land. I’ve Landed in Barcelona, Spain!
Almost two weeks ago, I flew from Tel Aviv, Israel, to Barcelona, Spain, and have been staying in the St. Christopher’s Inn Hostel here. Christmas passed quietly and I’m looking forward to the same...
View ArticleHow To Get To The Root Of Any Matter? Try Wordsmithing! Try Punning!
We all know that Puns are the lowest form of humor. Right? But, aren’t they fun? The weightier the matter, the faster the flow of great puns! It’s simply our creativity trying to get our attention and...
View ArticleOpen Letter To My Dearest Friend, Fawn Germer, And All Woman’s Leadership...
Here’s a shout-out to all wonderful, dedicated Women of The World! Together we can change things! I highly recommend: www.fawngermer.com author of Work-Life Reset! and many other excellent,...
View ArticleWet Hens Unite! America’s Secret War In Laos!
Vientiane, Laos – I am now suddenly involved in the fallout of a Secret War that happened on this very soil over fifty years ago. My group Stray Tour through Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam is...
View ArticleAmerica’s Birthday Drumroll Coming Up! Time To Clean House!
I’m on a Roll and I’m trying to make things work out for everybody! Let’s test this Making Lemonade Theory on a pretty sticky wicket: my recent, shocking discovery that my own country was messing...
View ArticleI’m Breaking Some Habits And Following Others In My Not Always Solo Around...
Here I am, opening the month of April, in the same Laos hotel that I checked into two-weeks ago. In a vast and overall way, I am part of a greater Stray Tour group, which passes through this Capital...
View ArticleWho Can Jitterbug? You’d Be In The Minority! I Can Teach You!
Bill Haley and The Comets with Rock Around The Clock. That’s all you need, anywhere in the world! We’re in a hostel in Tallinn, Estonia in late, 2017. The more the merrier! And we’re only one...
View ArticleWhat Does It Do To The Body, Mind And Soul To Travel To New Places?
This subject was contributed by a brilliant thinker named Brooke, whom I met on my travels throughout Southeast Asia, and thus, fits perfectly on my travel website. However, you will find many more of...
View ArticleHappy Noisy Buddhist New Year In Laos Has Me Ready To Travel Again
Time to fly to my next destination! I’ve been in Vientiane, Laos, for six weeks now, having temporarily hopped-off my wonderful Stray Tour of four countries of South East Asia: Thailand, Laos,...
View ArticleManila, Philippines, Is A Very Modern New Beginning Point
Wednesday, May 2: I’m in a very modern, brand-new, high-rise, hostel, the Lub-d, in Makati City, a section of sprawling downtown Manila. Lub-d Hostel in Manila I was at the sister hostel in Bangkok...
View ArticleDiscovering New Dimensions in Cebu City, Philippines
I have now spent two weeks in the vital Wellnessland Wholeness Center, here in Cebu City, the second-largest town in the large Philippine 7000 Island chain. This is a great Health Center combining a...
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