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I like to sit in a cafe, a park, a restaurant, a patio…anywhere where I can just observe interesting people or more accurately, ordinary people. I often make up the stories for these people whom I observe. Here’s a few I noticed today. Glen and I went to the book store I just discovered lastContinue reading “Watching and/or Listening”

It is encouraging to me that I woke this morning thinking about writing. It hasn’t been that way much so far for this adventure. Frankly, the combination of a lousy night’s sleep, a chronic pain due to neck, back and chest struggles, knowing I have a day filled with what has become of my eatingContinue reading “Such Random Thoughts”

Leave it to Glen. Whether you know him well, know him slightly, or just know him through me…you’ve learned a little (maybe more than a little) about him through his open, honest, thoughtful, drifting, heartfelt, deep, and yes, sometimes morose or melancholy posts. Yesterday’s journey was important. The deep connection Glen has with this complicatedContinue reading “Westward Ho”

The choice of Canterbury to spend 30ish days has been glorious. Back when the decision was made and the unit booked, I really only had one thing on my list of must do. And yesterday, we did it. I will forever associate COVID-19 and the pandemic with a number of things. Many not so greatContinue reading “On the 2nd Day, We Headed West”

Just thought I’d tag on to Glen’s post about our day without a plan in Kent. I mean, we sort of knew which direction we were heading and we’d heard about a good place for a view…but that was it. And this is pretty unusual for us. We like a plan. We’re trying to beContinue reading “Wandering in Kent”

What a great day!! Joyce and I spent the day driving about in Southeast England. Draw a line from Canterbury to the west and Sandwich, then to the south to just north of Dover and then back up to Canterbury and you’ll have the triangle we traveled today. We’ve both written about the marriage savingContinue reading “I Wept Like A Baby”

Some days the best I can do is sit in our lovely little English garden and, among other things, enjoy the wonderful skies here in Canterbury. The first time I remember noticing and loving the sky was on my first visit to Montana back in the late 90s. They were, and are, spectacular. AND thenContinue reading “Another Unexpected Lesson”

I went to church this morning. It took me awhile to find it. The path was there all along…just waiting for me to find my way. 🙂

Well, Glen got me with that London post. So what do I do…go completely the other direction. Typical. One of the things that I find myself doing whenever we are in a new location is comparing it to other places we’ve “dwelled”. Here are a few observations of Canterbury in relationship to Brooklyn, New OrleansContinue reading “Observations”

First…nodding to Canterbury Cathedral is kind of funny. It is the most imposing feature of this small medieval city. I never get lost as i wander the streets because the towers of the castle are always visible and I just need to know where they should “be” as I’m meandering. It is the jewel ofContinue reading “St. Augustine’s Abbey with a Nod to Canterbury Cathedral*”