Who says Brits are straight laced? At 11 a.m. on January 15, 2009, hundreds of T-Mobile dancers who had trained for eight weeks showed up at London’s Liverpool Street train station and unexpectedly broke out into dance. The event was organized by T-Mobile as part of its “Life’s For Sharing” campaign. And if the number … Read more
This week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival has a bit of a different twist. Our host, So Baby Boomer, asked members to write about recession anxiety – specifically addressing how we are handling challenges in these very tough economic times. This was definitely a stretch for me. Frankly, I’m handling things by ignoring them. I don’t watch … Read more
On my third day of travel around the Nature Coast of Florida, I visited the towns of Homosassa Springs and Old Homosassa (HO-mah-SASS-suh). Meaning “place where the wild peppers grow” in the Seminole and Creek Indian languages, the town’s names may refer to the holly bushes that used to grow in abundance along the banks … Read more
Having thoroughly explored the historic architecture in Dunnellon’s Historic Boomtown District, I turned my attention to natural attractions during my second day in this north central Florida town. As home to Rainbow Springs, Florida’s fourth largest natural spring which disgorges 416 million gallons of water each day, and the meeting place for the Withlacoochee and … Read more
Last week, the blues hit me with a vengeance. There was no mystery about my mood; wanderlust was having its way with me and I knew it was once again time to travel. I threw a few things in a bag, grabbed my camera, and pointed the car north, intending to check out some of … Read more
