Ah… the Inland Empire! Sounds pretty grand… the very name evokes fantasies of some great imperial realm, something along the lines of Middle Earth, or perhaps Dynastic…
Category: Musings
The Hardest Place in the World to Visit
It seems to me that travel writers usually try to persuade you to visit the places they write about. There’s certainly general agreement on…
What About Hotel Shampoo?
Now here’s a practical subject. We’ve all noticed those wee bottles of shampoo in our hotel rooms. There’s soap too, of course, and often…
To Yosemite with Sam
In the summer of 1971 Cynthia and I hit the road in our red ’65 Beetle. We meandered our way across the continent, from…
The Marvellous Motel
Call me crazy, but somewhere along the line, I have fallen in love with motels. I guess the reason is that a motel is…
What Everyone Should Know About The Wheel
If you look around our home, one of the commonest things you’ll see are wheels – wheels of all sorts. We have…let’s see… car…
Coffee, Glorious Coffee
No matter where I roam - from the wild Yukon, to the jungles of Guatemala, to the teeming backstreets of Hong Kong, at about…
What about Gypsies?
Here today, up and off to somewhere else tomorrow! Travel, change, interest, excitement! The whole world before you… Mr. Toad, Wind in the Willows Ever…
What’s In Your Pocket?
Large amounts don’t grow on trees. You’ve got to pick-a-pocket or two. Fagin, in the movie Oliver We do love our pockets - use ’em all…
Swiss Army Knife to the Rescue
Now here is a subject dear to my heart. My old Uncle Eric in Newfoundland always carried a knife with a red handle. He…