I planned, God laughed. We learned etiquette, problem-solving, how to win/lose friends and influence people; how to grow up. We learned that sometimes it is best to pick up your toys and go home.  -Unpublished work by Mary Pfeiff Cornelius ‘Where have you been?’ I imagine people wondering, although I suspect they haven’t noticed my absence. Mike and I left home June 12, enjoyed American kitsch as we drove cross-country to Chicago, marveling equally at natural wonders such as

Nova Scotia was serious!! Even in US dollars, that is a hefty fine. Closing Remarks Time is running out, my self-set deadline looming,...

Everyone is So Nice & Gotta love such a simple but meaningful design. Back to Canada. Keep in mind that this is my perspective of my...

Squeaky Clean Yep, that is all your personal information. Canada is clean. At least on the surface. Neighborhood houses on the roads...

A short diversion from observations of Canada. I will momentarily digress from my observations of Canada to bring you, dear readers, up...

It’s a Spontaneous Adventure Trees and water. That's almost everything in the Maritimes. The Canadian border guard greeted us amiably as...

The Arch of Lands End, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico I promised my old-fart friend Sue a blog from Cabo , where I am staying with my friend Debi...

Loneliness and Being Alone are not the same, but often overlap. “Agnes is being moved into a nursing home,” my mother said. Agnes is...

Armloads of flowers smeared trails of color through the gray of the elegant hallways of the Minnesota state capitol building  in...

Please don't do this. We are within three hours of our destination, Nini Dair’s condo in Chicago. This is our sixth day on the road,...

Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in. - Robert Frost I’ve been thinking a lot about house vs....

Life currently feels like the game Mexican Train. So, where was I? Oh yes, fourteen dominos.   Some have been loaded onto the Mexican...

Did you hear those sighs of relief? Mowgli graduated from high school. There were two commencements: public high school and county...

Life is fragile, a tiny bone ruining a bit of fish, a mislaid pin piercing a bare foot. It doesn’t take much to change the course of the day.

Who is our mother? Not just the woman who gave birth.

Really, you have got to see this! Where was I? Oh, yes, yesterday (Tuesday, April 22) I looked forward to hiking   in the Coronado...

Kartchner Caverns. Worth a visit along with Colossal Caves. Caveat: lots of links and hyperbole. All this talk of moving  has inspired me...

A too familiar site. Guided tours are helpful to visitors to get the lay of the land, learn some history and identify sites to pursue...

Yesterday I walked the house, the memories reverberating. There was a slight shifting of the dominoes   this week. After several weeks of...

This is an accurate depiction of how I feel, not to be confused when how I look. I am playing retirement, much like I played house as a...