In my Monday night writing class, we were assigned a 15-minute timed writing exercise. The topic was “Kindness.” I’ve been wanting to write this story for a long time. This…
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Vietnamese coffee… balloons over Bagan… and slow internet… oh my! Please excuse the recycling of a previous blog post, but as you may recall, I am busily escorting some very…
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(No) cool wind in my hair… I was in the desert but this was not a highway – rather a dusty road with a rutted surface like a washboard. But…
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If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you are familiar with my fascination and appreciation for the exotic, unusual and undiscovered destinations. As our wondrous world…
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I hate goodbyes. But it’s time. It won’t be easy. She’s traveled with me for years, trudging through hundreds of airports and logging thousands of air miles. She’s endured…
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It was the dead of a nearly moonless night when we left our hotel . . . … to catch the 5:30 AM ferry from Bagan to Mandalay. Yesterday, I…
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Have you been asked… “If your house was on fire, what three things would you grab?” Picking three has always been tough for me, but I can tell you at…
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Yeah, that’s right. I’m leaving and it feels strange. I’m not used to this. I can hear you scoff. “You’re always leaving, Marilyn! You can do it in your…
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Got to thinking … if I could choose only one place to go (no issues with money, time, etc.) … where in the world would I go? I decided it…
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“This one will be easy!” That’s what I told myself. A typically appropriate end-of-year piece. Should be able to knock this one out quickly. My Top Twelve Travel Memories of 2014!…
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Like the lint roller. Our delightful tour guide in Cuba was answering anonymous questions she’d asked each of us to write out on slips of paper. “Write down a question…
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Einstein said that time is an illusion… (but I’m guessing he never struggled through Daylight Savings Time.) I have been wondering all week, “How is it that one hour is…
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Road trips. I used to do them a lot when I first moved to California. First in my little red Chevette, then in my Plymouth Sapporo and then in my…
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No – not the gobble, gobble kind. I’m talking Turkey, as in Istanbul … the stunningly beautiful, exotic city straddling the Europe/Asia border where our WOW! Travel Club voyage will…
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It happens less often than before, but it happened this week. Writer’s block. What do my avid readers want me to write about this week? I couldn’t decide. So…
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