Vocabulary word of the day: Lawinen. Avalanche. You can’t ski in this weather. The wind pushes you backwards so there’s no point in even dropping your skis on the snow. There’s a solution to that – get out of the meadows and up in the narrower valleys. The trails are more challenging and there are …
This is very difficult for me to talk about sensibly because I’m side by side with folks like the Family Research Council and other crazy wingnuts. But I’m gonna say it and get it over with: They’re right; this secularized Christmas stuff has gone too far. The other night on the news I saw Christine …
Ichiban is right next door a considerably more elegant Japanese restaurant where people stand in the entry waiting for their table. At Ichiban, there’s no wait. It’s a dumpy little diner of a place with vinyl booths, formica tables, and a small menu. I had the udon – a bowl of soup with fat noodles …
The airlines in Britain are off the hook. A suit was filed against them seeking damages for deaths by deep vein thrombosis – DVT. Not their fault, the airlines say, that the plane was cramped and passengers developed DVT. The judges agreed. Airline travel has progressively worsened since I was a young lass off to …
Travel healthier.
If husband is here when it comes time to head south to Eugene, we get in the car and make a road trip out of it. We stop in Wilsonville for coffee and go shopping at Fry’s. With two of us, it’s the most efficient way to travel. But for solo travel, I take the …