Travel
Martha, the last passenger pigeon
In planning our trip to Washington, DC, I visited the website of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, to see if by chance Martha,
Baltimore–just getting there–for the Scrabble Players Championship
The current horrid state of air travel and news stories about thousands of unclaimed pieces of luggage at airports meant that I would have to
Daiquiri Ice ice cream
My favourite ice cream is daiquiri ice, manufactured by Baskin-Robbins. Unfortunately the company discontinued the flavour in Canada decades ago, and the last time I
“The Exorcist” Steps
My second favourite movie is “The Exorcist”. One of the must-sees during my trip to Washington, DC was the staircase featured so prominently in the
Ithaca and Scrabble
Mark and I visited Corning and Ithaca, New York over the Victoria Day weekend. It was our first trip out of the country since our
Another postcard made it on to “Geography Now!”
Paul Barbato, the host of “Geography Now!” and Flag/Fan Friday showed the postcard I had sent him from my recent trip to Cape Breton Island.
Cape Breton Island
When Mark and I planned to return to Nova Scotia so soon after our last trip, we wanted to do something different and take a
McNabs Island
In late July and early August I spent a week with Mark in Nova Scotia where we stayed with Mark’s sister Patsy and her partner