Hello friends… I say that like a lot of folks are out there reading, but I’m never sure it’s not just me here posting away for no good reason other […]

First blog post of 2014! There are: * 9 days to the cruise * 114 days to the trip with mom to Virginia * 246 days to the England trip […]

I have not blogged in awhile.  I write that up to not having a lot of free time lately, but mostly it’s just due to my short attention span! My […]

Someone recently posted to me that she thought I hated England… if so, why did I continue to go back? As I mentioned in my My First Experience in England […]

The year was 2003.  I had been working at a Fortune 500 computer manufacturing company for two years, and in those two years, I had seen the most miserable management […]

Had a great Fourth of July spent with friends and surrogate family outside of Temple, TX.  My hostess even went to the lengths of grilling up some salmon for me […]

May 1 Well, today’s the day! I’ve waited for it and planned it all year.  I’m going to England! I got up today, showered and did a final pack, tossed […]

Well, at the risk of sounding anachronistic: All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go… I have been a whirlwind this past week.  Packed and re-packed.  Cleaned and re-cleaned. […]

My life compresses.  Ten days.  I look around my house and see how much there is to do.  I think of the packing and the cleaning and the prepping.   […]

In April 1981, I got married.  I also moved to England in the same month to work on a military base (Menwith Hill Station) near Harrogate, North Yorkshire. I had […]