As Big Ben tolls, heralding the start of another New Year, I think we often reflect upon the past, the present and the future. We think about the people currently present in our lives; family, friends and maybe even work colleagues. It’s that time of year when we seek fresh beginnings and ponder whether thisContinue reading “Are All Friendships For Life?”
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New Year’s Resolutions Have Come Early This Year!
Do you make New Year’s Resolutions? Are you good at keeping them or do you wander off track within a couple of days, weeks or maybe months? I’m not fastidious at making them although in years gone by when my girlfriends and I met up for our annual Girls’ Christmas Weekend we would avidly discussContinue reading “New Year’s Resolutions Have Come Early This Year!”
Real Life -When The Trip Is Over!
We are home, we drop our bags in the guest bedroom and try and work out what time of day it is inside our bodies. We had woken up on our last day at 7 a.m. which is pretty normal for us and left our hotel in New York at 2 o’clock in the afternoon,Continue reading “Real Life -When The Trip Is Over!”
America -The Home of Politics and Religion
Apologies to those who read my blog regularly. I have been somewhat remiss since coming home to the UK. When you return from a lengthy trip away there is so much to deal with on your return:- unpacking, washing n drying, post, post n more post!, the over run garden, trying to settle back intoContinue reading “America -The Home of Politics and Religion”
I Am Sam -I Am For Sale!
My story continues in a city that I later learn is called Charleston. It is here that all three ships land and once again we are shackled together and marched out of the bowels of the now stinking hold. As we walk through the streets of this city white people dressed in fancy clothes stopContinue reading “I Am Sam -I Am For Sale!”
I Am Sam -The Reality of the Slave Trade
When we were planning our trip to America, in addition to spending time travelling from coast to coast and exploring the Eastern seaboard, I wanted to extend my social historical knowledge and learn more about: The Demise of the Native American IndiansThe Slave Trade My previous posts “Our Navajo Spirit Tour Guide” and “The WesternContinue reading “I Am Sam -The Reality of the Slave Trade”
America v England -The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
I’m currently sat with my right leg raised on the sofa. My knee started to complain shortly after we had embarked upon this next phase of our adventure. The rental car was dispatched on Sunday and the remaining journey up the Eastern side of America is planned on Amtrak to avoid having to navigate ourContinue reading “America v England -The Good, The Bad and The Ugly”
Las Vegas: From Sin City to Sophisticated Getaway
My History of Vegas:I had last visited the “City of Sin’ ten years previously with my two children whilst still a single Mum. It had been part of a bigger trip when I had taken a month off my career to celebrate key milestone birthdays that we were all experiencing in the same year. MyContinue reading “Las Vegas: From Sin City to Sophisticated Getaway”
Santa Fe -The Contradiction
As part of our Route 66 journey we entered New Mexico and having stayed at the famous Blue Swallow Motel in Tucumcari we travelled 195 miles north west to Santa Fe, following the original “Mother Road” as much as possible. As you enter the city you are immediately struck by the wonderful adobe houses. HistoryContinue reading “Santa Fe -The Contradiction”
Time is Our Most Precious Commodity
Time is our greatest gift, we cannot buy any more of it but we can waste it, give it away to people who maybe don’t deserve it. We are all guilty of thinking we have time, time to do everything we want to, time to tell our loved ones how we feel, time to rekindleContinue reading “Time is Our Most Precious Commodity”
A Midlife Adventure 