Monthly Archives: August 2023
Taking Flight – II
Cappadocia is one of the top three places on the planet to go for a hot air balloon ride, or so I have been told (the others, if you were wondering are the pyramids in Egypt and the Loire Valley in France). And for very good reason – the view is spectacular. I had never […]
Taking Flight – I
I always say that I haven’t been anywhere. I have visi- ted around 20 countries, but in my family that isn’t very many – I think my two-year-old grandson has been to ten already. One of my favorites was a trip to Turkey, especially Cappadocia, in 2014. With that in mind, for the next three […]
Can’t Say It Now
Politicians today are subject to far more constraints than those of previous generations. People are quick to take offense, and God help you if you say something that doesn’t flow with the prevailing winds of society. It wasn’t always so though, as I was reminded on a visit to France in 2014. The words jumped […]
Uncertain Progress
I was thinking about electric cars the other day. I don’t own one, and don’t expect to own one for at least another decade. I’m not sure they will last. More than a hundred years ago we had electric (and steam powered) vehicles, but the technology wasn’t good enough to last. So I will wait […]
People Are Complicated
I have to admit, I’d never heard of it before. But it was one of the highlights of the month spent in Europe in the summer of 2014 – and helped inspire the creation of this blog. The broken camera made absolutely no sense to me; or to Vivian for that matter. Why would a […]
Some Things Never End
As conflict in Ukraine brought on by the illegal Russian invasion shows no sign of ending, I’ve been thinking of the aftermath of the war when it finally does end. Maybe it is the date – August 6, the anniversary of the dropping of the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. When the guns stop firing […]
Today’s History Lesson
In elementary school and high school, my favorite subject was History. So it should come as no surprise that when I am on vacation I am on the lookout for things I learned about in school as well as new things. In this post from 2014 I saw firsthand something that I had learned about […]
Old Thoughts On AI
I have refrained for the most part from writing about the recent explosion in Artificial Intelligence, or AI. The technological advances are too swift, and I think a book-length dissertation would be more helpful. Or i could just ask a chatbot to write it for me. Looking at items to re-post as I take a […]
All About The Cloth
When I travel I try to balance what I see. There are must-see sites like the pyramids, but you can learn as much about history in places that are not on the beaten track. Today though, one of those”must see” places that I wrote about in 2014. When it all boils down to it, it’s […]
Vampires Everywhere
As we’ve been going through some of my posts from past vacations, we shift today from the beaches of Maine to central Europe. This one is from September 25, 2014. Dracula is everywhere in Romania, perhaps the country’s biggest tourist draw. But a flawed one that many Romanians are ambivalent about. Tourist cash is welcome, […]
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