CARFREE (CAREFREE?) LOCALES PART 1
IT MAY SOUND HERETICAL FROM A CAR GUY, but I see nothing wrong with selected portions of cities and towns being carfree. And, indeed, they may well be carefree as … Continue reading
A GIFTED LIFE OF TRAVEL
HAVING JUST READ THE DISCOVERER BLOG’S “12 Types of Trips Everyone Should Take in Their Lifetime,” I am all the more certain that I’ve had a gifted life of travel. … Continue reading
FRIDGE MAGNETS PART 2
TODAY IN PART 2, WE CONTINUE RECALLING life’s adventures embodied in refrigerator magnets, inspired by Linda Geddes’ article in The Guardian. These magnets do so much more than just attach … Continue reading
MAGNETIC MEMORIES PART 1
“FRIDGE MAGNETS,” LINDA GEDDES WRITES in The Guardian, March 18, 2024, “Can be Cool Aid to Holiday Memory Recall, Study Finds.” Linda says, “Whether holding up shopping lists or hastily … Continue reading
MANNEY ON/IN EUROPE
“TO R&T READERS OF A CERTAIN AGE,” I wrote awhile back (October 7, 2022), “Henry N. Manney III was Yr. Fthful Srvt covering Formula One back before the sport sought … Continue reading
MY BRIGHTEST (ALBEIT SHARPEST) OF SOUTHERN ITALY
OF ALL MY BAEDEKER’S GUIDE BOOKS, my Southern Italy is in the best condition. A 1912 edition, it’s far from the newest. Yet its spine is tight, its pages unruffled, … Continue reading
NESSIE TIDBITS PART 2
I’M NOT SURE HOW I got into researching the Loch Ness Monster, but it’s fun to tiptoe between truth and supposition. Indeed, here in Part 2 matters seem to reside … Continue reading
NESSIE TIDBITS PART 1
I TEND TO BE A SKEPTICAL SORT (my mathematics training rates proof above supposition) and I dislike anagrams (which sounds irrelevant but of which more anon). These two personality quirks, … Continue reading
“ROUND ATLAS” FUN REDUX
“CANADA AS FAR SOUTH AS CALIFORNIA”?? This calls to mind the NPR April Fool’s spoof that the U.S. sold Arizona to Canada. It was a win/win deal: Canadians had a … Continue reading
MIND THE GAP? NO, MIND THE MAPS PART 2
YESTERDAY IN PART 1, we discussed three of London’s newly named Overground suburban lines, Lioness, Mildmay, and Windrush, each commemorating British heritage. As described in VOICE of AMERICA, February 15, … Continue reading
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