A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

I still have not gone on this summer's European vacation, but I already have plans for a trip next year. A while ago I had lunch wit...

Tomorrow the Republican convention begins in my hometown of Cleveland, Ohio.  When Cleveland was chosen as the convention site, it was s...

A couple weeks ago I wrote that I had started a painting to give to my cousin Brigitta when I visit her in Switzerland next month.  Last nig...

Any travel expert will tell you to pack lightly.  I have followed that advice many times.  There have been numerous trips to Europe where I ...

This afternoon I went shopping.  I needed shoelaces, and I also wanted to get a couple things for my trip next month... a rain poncho (becau...

Let's continue with the tour of my garden which I began in the previous post. The area along my next-door neighbor's fence has b...

I am declaring my gardening finished for the summer!  Well, of course a garden is never really finished.  There is always weeding, water...