jeffwagg and I exchange stories by giving each other a word which is the seed for the next correspondence. This is my response to his choice of “Heat.” It’s 9 p.m. I’m sitting at my desk, doing homework and chatting… Read More ›
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Traveling Israel: Haifa and the Golan Heights
Last year, one of the stops on my vacation was Israel. Israel was lower on my bucket list, and the fact that our trip stopped there for a couple days wasn’t a big selling point to me. I was interested… Read More ›
Leaving Ephesus – More Travels in Turkey
After we left Ephesus during our tour, our private guide suggested that we stop by a Turkish carpet place, where we could buy a reasonable lunch and see some carpets being made. That’s usually a code along the lines of… Read More ›
When a banana is more than a banana, psychic banana!
Link here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh97S5qzycM Many of us have been to see a fortune teller or psychic. We’ve had a tarot card reading or our palms read. Readers of the blog know I am a skeptic. My belief in the ability of… Read More ›
Pulled Pork and Green Eggs
A dish that I make when I’m going to have a lot of company in for a casual meal, or that I cook and send home with my sons when they visit, is pulled pork. I used to make sort… Read More ›
Where I First Met These Crazy People
Several years ago, my attention was diverted to a book called Why People Believe Weird Things by Michael Shermer. I read it in a weekend, and realized at that point there was an actual name for people who viewed the… Read More ›
Visiting Ephesus, Turkey
During my Mediterranean trip last fall, the last port we stopped at was the Turkish seaport of Kuşadası, on the southwest side of the country. Skeptours hired a private coach and guide, who took us straight to the ancient city… Read More ›
Shifting Gears
justpaperskater and I exchange stories by giving each other a word which is the seed for the next correspondence. This is my response to her choice of “Bicycle.” For years, the number haunted me. “314.” I’d see it on a… Read More ›
Finding Lunch in Piraeus: It’s all Greek to Me
As I mentioned in my blog post about Athens yesterday, the views from the Acropolis over the hills of the city are stunning, and leave you speculating how the ancient people looked up at the Parthenon and other structures atop… Read More ›
Greece, Garbage, and General Strikes
Beautiful, inspiring, and a bit sad. On my vacation last fall, a two-week trip around the Mediterranean with a couple dozen of my favorite people, I really looked forward to the stop in Athens. As a school girl, I devoured… Read More ›
