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This is a nice blog post (in my opinion), and makes me want to go there on my own. Long story short – the one time I was there, I was with other people, didn’t have a driver’s license or my own car and, therefore, couldn’t leave or do my own thing. This has inspired me. Maybe one day, who knows.
Anyway, enjoy the post. Read it over at the original blog, The Travel Architect.
Great read. Check out The Travel Architect for more about her trip to Australia.
Reading this post brought back memories, and nostalgia, of my trip to Australia some moons ago. If you want to know more about my own trip some moons ago, just check out my old blog And She’s Off! – Spinster’s Travels (first post of many chronicling that trip). Wow… it has been a very long time since updating Spinster’s Travels. Maybe one day, who knows…
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Anyway, enjoy this re-blog.
Your life without a computer: what does it look like?
Probably peaceful in some ways. No need to constantly be doing something, working, feeling extra pressure… less e-clutter, more space… more clarity, more fresh air, better vision… and on and on and on.
Computers, and technology in general, have pros and cons. On some days of a typical week, there are more cons than pros (in my opinion).
Memories and nostalgia. A proper hat tip to Mrs. Piglet for the blog post. Go check her out.
Is this you? If so, this looks great – a present for yourself or someone else.
Happy holidays (if you celebrate).
Suggested prereading: Clearly I’ll Do Anything for a Post: Visiting the Spam® Museum
The last time I did something local and inane for a post, it involved a series of mini-fails that netted me sunburn, windburn, and multi-flavored case of Spam®. It wasn’t all bad, though. The husband added some levity to the trip home by playing every Weird Al song ever recorded. Though familiar with such classics as Eat It, Like a Surgeon, and Yoda, it was my first time hearing The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota. Full of pride at introducing me to this melodic masterpiece, the husband made a promise—nay, a vow—to one day make a pilgrimage to gaze upon the wondrous orb.
That day came this summer when the husband announced he was cycling to…
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Vicarious living.
Joe Biden recently proclaimed the pandemic “over.” And if an American president declares something, it must be true, right?
Even if his pronouncement is a misguided oversimplification of the wider public health picture, the husband and I have decided that COVID—barring the emergence of a variant akin to the one that mangled our Christmas trip to England—has been sufficiently subjugated to permit foreign travel! In fact, I’m less worried about picking up a virus than I am about not picking up my bags on the luggage carousel, if ya know what I mean . . . 💼
But where to go?
Trip 1: Jamaica
Travel Planning Thrill-o-Meter: 1/10
Travel Planning Stress-o-Meter: 1/10
This spring break trip has been years in the making . . . because that’s literally how long it takes me to accumulate enough personal days to take time off during the husband’s spring break…
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Dear Nebraska,
We need to talk. This relationship isn’t working. I think we’ve both known for some time that we’re not right for each other, but I’m only just now finding the courage to tell you the truth to your face.
I remember the first time we met—the first time I can remember, anyway. I was in my early twenties, a recent college graduate just starting to make her way in the world. Driving from my parents’ house in Wisconsin, I was heading toward Leadville, Colorado, to test my mettle on a 2½-month Colorado Outward Bound outdoor course, after which I would begin a new life in the Mountain West. I had driven for hours and was seriously in need of rest. The mental fade had begun in Omaha, but with Lincoln only 60 miles down the road, I decided to push on, buoyed by the idea of one…
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Since travel itself is still a massive challenge, especially when it comes to traveling abroad, maybe I’ll add a travel book to my own reading challenge instead…
(Oh yeah… Happy 2022 and all that…)
Hey lovely people
Today I’m bringing you my reading challenges for 2022. I’ve decided to really simplify things this year. I’m sticking with usual Goodreads and Beat the backlist. The only other thing I’m adding is something I’ve come up with myself, which is a list of books “I must read in 2022” these are books that I really want to prioritise reading this year.
Last year I set myself the goal of reading 95 books, which I happily completed. This year I’ve decided to drop it right down to 60. Mainly because I want to focus on quality over quantity. I also want to try and read more fantasy and these just take me a bit longer to get through.
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