September 26th, 2025 – Roadside America Travel App; Road Trip to McLouth, Kansas


(Every so often I find apps I think are worth mentioning by name in this blog. I do not get any referral fees or kickbacks from the developers, but I think they are useful & worthy of mentioning to people who read my blog. Perhaps at some point I will look into referrals so I … Continue reading September 26th, 2025 – Roadside America Travel App; Road Trip to McLouth, Kansas

September 24th, 2025 – Nature Bathing and Meditation; Good to Talk With You Again!


'If we change the way we experience the world, then the world change." - Mathieu Ricard - "The happiest man in the world" I have watched a few new (to me) documentaries lately about meditation in nature with the Buddhist monk Mathieu Ricard. In the first one they were in Argentina, and the second one … Continue reading September 24th, 2025 – Nature Bathing and Meditation; Good to Talk With You Again!

September 20th, 2025 – Sheesh!; Europe


That piece of glass I had in my foot over Labor Day weekend never came out on its own. It got so painful that I had to go to the ER on Labor Day morning to try to get it removed. They wouldn't do that so after seeing an orthopedic surgeon, this past week I … Continue reading September 20th, 2025 – Sheesh!; Europe

September 7th, 2025 – Desert Videos


I really like to watch documentaries. I always look at the "Documentaries" tab on a streaming platform first. I find them quirky & interesting no mater the topic, from a doc about a drive-in theater in Pennsylvania, to a typewriter repair shop in California, to the history of the cassette tape, travel, nature, music...most any … Continue reading September 7th, 2025 – Desert Videos

September 6th, 2025 – Travel Insurance


I just read an article about travel insurance that I found interesting, quite frightful and something that anyone who travels with known (or even unknown) health concerns really needs to be aware of. If you have medical issues and plan to travel READ YOUR TRAVEL INSURANCE POLICY CLOSELY! There is probably a list of pre-existing … Continue reading September 6th, 2025 – Travel Insurance