ON THE ROAD Last week I wandered about a bit in the Hatteras area. Despite the arctic cold wind, the sun was warming to my bones. Meandering through many small towns I observed the emergency actions taken by homeowners to defray the cold. Blankets on car engines with...
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Riding A Magic Carpet with Armel
In the olden days of Aladdin's Lamp there were magic carpets to help us find our way and comfort us on our journey. Carpets that would fly and carpets on which you could ride, nap, read a book, or just relax with your dog. Last month I unexpectedly found the perfect...
Tales of Christmases-Past, Hawaiian Style—Part II "ME and the OCTOPUS!"
Susan inflated her raft, then leapt aboard to do what she likes best: sun bathing and riding the waves. I sat down in the sandy shallows, slipped on my flippers and backed into deeper water. Applying spit to the inside of my goggles for haze proofing, I straightened...
A Tale of Christmas-Past, Hawaiian Style—Part One
I sit here on this wintry-cold night in Virginia, mid-way between Christmas and the New Year, my mind reaches back to years past when this time of year meant soft sand and warm sunshine for me. You see, for many years running, I had the good fortune of spending the...
Smiling Moon Over East Coast
Smiling Moon Over East Coast (8:30 P.M. EST) December 22, 2009 Even the moon is happy this holiday season. Mayhaps it has to do with the fact that many people, like those from Whoville, don't need all those material things but can find Christmas in their hearts...
Journey To The Valley of Fire
The Valley of Fire, some 35,300 acres, is Nevada’s largest state park, and derives its name from spectacular reddish marbled sandstone rock formations formed 150 million years ago by great shifting sand dunes during the age of dinosaurs. The Valley of Fire is a...
Norfolk Botanical Garden of Lights 2009
The good folks at Norfolk Botanical Garden have really outdone themselves this year. Someone with a less perceptive eye might say that the display hadn't changed that much from past years but it really has and in one really wonderful way. New three dimensional effects...
Sharing First Figs in Your Backyard
with permission by my favorite Norfolk VA poet: (copyright) Kindra McDonald You do not bite a fig so much as kiss one. It melts tender on the tongue and makes you blush. How you lean into it, How you meet it from tree to hand to mouth, Plucked ripe, soft pregnant...
RECIPE: Thai-style Scallops
This is, by far, the best scallop recipe I have ever cooked. (You would think I would have photographed the dish but I was soooo hungry and forgot. Never mind it is delicious! Serves 2 Ingredients: 2 teaspoons sesame oil 2 green onions, sliced thinly the long way 1...
Luciee christened for first journey slated for January 1.
Today we have been preparing our blog to go live. Peeking out the window in Rutland, Vermont (at the home of my brother Mike Ahearn and his wife Sue) at Luciee the mini-trailer christened with her new decorative side panels announcing RemarkableJourneys.net. The...
