Sixteeen year old Abby Sunderland did not quite make it around the world in her sail boat because she lost much of her mast in a storm-swelled seas in the long, wide bit of the Indian Ocean. Many think it was foolish of her attempt the voyage.Others blame her parents for “irresponsibilty”; including a grumpy…
Category: Just sayin’
Odds and ends and naughty and flighty and off the cuff and otherwise uncategorized
The Nights I Fly
There are nights when I fly. Really: I fly in my dreams. There I be, a hero in an adventure, often leading others; or sometimes just doing a solo stint – and I think “Time to fly”, and up I soar, laughing and joyous. The wind swirls round me; my spirit flows.
Textual Intercourse
I have driven about 800 miles in the last three days – to Los Angeles and back. When driving I feel blessed to enjoy good cell phone communication with a hands-free induction loop that wirelessly connects my cell phone and hearing aids. But on the second day the microphone of my cell phone failed, and…
Eyjafja… whatever
The Eyjafjallajökull volcanic ash (tuff, lapillae, volcaniclastic debris, etc..) is settling over Europe and unsettling a lot of stranded travellers, who may have to settle in Europe if the Eyjafjallajökull volcano keeps erupting for as long as it looks like it may want to. You skipped over the Eyjafjallajökull word didn’t you? Say after me:…