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A voyage of inspiration and observationsThese are my travel stories. Journeys you might say. Incidents that make travel more than just memorable, remarkable is my word. ~ Bill Ahearn
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 Christmas holidays on the lovely Hawaiian island of Maui. Tonight I am reminded of a particularly memorable day on the 22nd of December, 2002. It warms me just to think of it. Maybe it will do the same for you. It is Sunday, December 22, 2002 and we now have been on 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 anyway. Welcome Christmas Fah who for-aze! Dah who dor-aze! Welcome Christmas, Come this way! Fah who for-aze! Dah who dor-aze! Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day. Welcome, Welcome Fah who rah-moose Welcome, Welcome Dah who dah-moose Christmas day is in our grasp So long as...
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 former home of the Basket Maker people and later the Anasazi Pueblo farmers from the nearby fertile Moapa Valley (circa 300 BC to 1150 AD). It is also the home of some very fine examples of Native American petroglyph rock art and an abundant collection of sandstone arches. 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 occur throughout the gardens with the obviously well planned and placed lights. The moon and stars display at the far end of the great bridge near the Healing Garden is the best. Driving over that bridge gives you a sense of rising to meet the moon and stars. It is...
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 swells of purple Parachutes gently given unto lips. How sweetness bursts in your mouth Caresses your speech, makes it foreign to the ears, Summersaults and winds its way to your throat Where you swallow all its ancient ripeness, Its bursting pureness, Its deep full tongued...
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 tablespoon grated fresh ginger 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 fresh sweet pepper, seeded, chopped finely A quarter of a red pepper for color, chopped finely A dash of red cayenne pepper 5 scallops (3/4 pound) if large cut in half I use fresh New Bedford Scallops shipped in...
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 panels were printed on vinyl, sealed and mounted by Mike Gauthier at Green Screen Graphics (http://greenscreengraphics.com/) right here in Rutland. I can’t speak too highly of Mike and his staff for their fine work not only printing beautifully but also taking great pains...
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