Tag: travel
-
Connections
“Where are you from?” Is perhaps the most frequent question we receive on meeting new neighbors. This question helps identify potential connections. Those connections, many of which will only last a few days, perhaps only a few hours, keep us from becoming strangers in a strange land.
-
Stop, Look, Listen
We were planning a quick trip to the Arkansas Ozarks to see the leaves change color. We picked this destination because it is among the best places to observe this annual biological event. Then for unrelated reasons changed our plans.
-
Serendipity
Unexpected connections this week have transformed ordinary days —serendipitously— into enjoyable ones. This week we enjoyed several serendipitous encounters.
-
Visiting the Fiftieth State
As a child I had collected decals from each state we had visited as a family. Not until our children were teenagers did we get to visit the 49th state, Alaska. Utah remained missing from my collection of visited states until 2010. This year Lori and I completed our set of states visited with a…