I am unabashedly liberal but voted on a few occasions for Republicans through the years; I am 67. So many opportunities to chose over the years. Sometimes wars were an issue. Sometimes it was fiscal concerns. Always, women’s issues were a concern. This year seemed like a slam dunk. Really, while Hillary was a harridan,…
Category: Retirement
In My Mind
via Daily Prompt: Hideout Without my consent, I creep each night into the space of my thoughts. When it is dark, what “could have beens” tumble into what is. Time has slipped by, reminding me of what is incomplete, unthought of, or ruined. Generational failure drifts as a glimpse into what should have been. Long…
When is Spanish Moss NOT Moss?
Driving through the southern route to the west coast, one of the more interesting sights is the furry, gray, and sometimes elegant web dangling from many of the trees overhanging the road. Known as Spanish Moss it looks more like a spider web and parasitic growth rather than green moss. It is neither. Spanish Moss…
Catfish and Crocodile
You know you are in the south…. traveling Route 41, west of Charleston, in a little town of Johnsonville, SC. The store, called The Skinning Shed, was so interesting I stopped. A friendly lady came up to me with a menu and an invitation to come on in and hold the rattlesnake, which I declined.…
Going to Charleston
Day Two Driving through “boiled peanuts” country is always fun but I just can’t bring myself to try the oblong masses down in the inky crock pot! Raining and raining some more…Last night the pleasant patter on the roof of the RV was comforting and familiar. Stayed in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina. Since it poured…
On the Road Again
January 2nd: We have packed up the necessaries and the dog and are departing on our Winter 2017 cross country trip to see the Grandson who will be one January 17th. Much has happened in the past year with lots of travel but these are my favorite trips. Camping types in the RV sites are…
St. Augustine and the Lighthouse
Sometimes when traveling, a little treasure presents itself. Standing like a mighty beacon, the St. Augustine Lighthouse was there as we entered the Anastasia State Park in. St. Augustine, Florida. St. Augustine is considered the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement within the borders of the United States. Saint Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565.…
The Blue Highway
You learn more about an area by traveling the roads through it than by reading the map about it. Traveling down to South Carolina we decided to take the “Blue Highway” through some small towns. Route 501S/301S to 14 to 41S led to a town named Johnsonville where the main trades appear to be Deer,…
What Are Boiled Peanuts?
As we continue on our way south from Maryland, passing through Virginia, and then into North Carolina, signs boasting of the availability of boiled peanuts appear. Hmmm? What are these? Boiled peanuts are a traditional southern snack. These are apparently available in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi. In checking the recipes online,…
The Use of Traveling
“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” Samuel Johnson The morning air is crisp, 32 degrees, and the skies are clear with the first of the Snow Geese flying across the Assawoman Bay in Ocean City. We are packed…
