I didn’t see the lunar eclipse yesterday. It occurred around 8 am. and the sky would have been way to bright (I say “would have been” because at 8 a.m I was still sound asleep, having worked on various writing projects until 3 a.m.). But I didn’t need to see it. I could feel it, … Read more
Starting this week, I’ve joined the Blogging Boomers Carnival. I suspect this may need a little explaining. A blog carnival is a group of bloggers who share a common interest and band together to promote one another. In this case, the 14 of us are all baby boomers. Some of us write about midlife crises, … Read more
I saw “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” this evening. I laughed. I wept. My heart ached. Joy welled up from deep within my soul. This is a movie everyone should see. I can sum up its message with one quote from Benjamin (Brad Pitt): “For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in … Read more
Author’s update: As of March 11, 2011, the Hitchhikers.org site seems to be down, but the Hitchhikers.org Facebook Page lists some alternate resources for hitchhiking. I have not checked into any of them personally and am not even sure that the Facebook Page is in any way related to the original organization I wrote about, … Read more
On January 10, 2008, the Canadian Transportation Agency passed the “one-person-one-fare” policy that prohibits Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz, and WestJet from charging more than one fare for “persons with disabilities who require additional seating for themselves, including those determined to be functionally disabled by obesity for purposes of air travel.” The airlines were given … Read more
