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Airliner above snowcapped mountains
travel, trees, useful

Trees & Travel Collide in the Evergreen State

In the mid 1980s, I owned a travel agency which specialized in cheap airline tickets to Asia. I still have my ledger of every ticket … Read More ›

Posted on January 24, 2020January 28, 2024
travel

A Stylish Entrance: Latches, Knobs & Doors

When I was very little, we had a couple of charcoal sketches framed on the wall. One was of an iron latch. I think there … Read More ›

Posted on November 19, 2019January 28, 2024
Westminster Palace across the Thames
travel

Walking History in Westminster

Although I have been to and through London, UK, numerous times, I had never visited the Houses of Parliament. I didn’t even know if you … Read More ›

Posted on November 6, 2019January 28, 2024
Tea leaves in a glass
tea, travel

The Little Thing That Could Change Your Life

When I travel to a new place, I don’t take a tour to get oriented. I don’t knock off a bucket list of what one … Read More ›

Posted on October 31, 2019January 28, 2024
Perplexed sheep on a trail in France
travel

A Trail of Sheep Bells

During our first visit to the French Pyrenees last year, I noticed the magical tinkling of sheep bells in the distance whenever we stopped the … Read More ›

Posted on October 25, 2019January 28, 2024
A woman relaxes waiting for her flight from PAE airport
travel

Painless Travel at Everett’s Paine Field

We were excited to hear about Alaska Airlines starting new service from Everett’s Paine Field airport. For people who live in the north Puget Sound … Read More ›

Posted on May 2, 2019January 28, 2024
Kebab watching us leave from back of the car
travel, useful

Finding a Petsitter You Can Trust When You Travel

About a year ago, we ran out of people to impose Kebab our Corgi upon while we travel. Family and friends had all done their … Read More ›

Posted on March 14, 2019January 28, 2024
a pig-shaped planter pot
travel

A Pig Surprise

It’s the Chinese Year of the Pig this year, which reminded me of a pig surprise we had on the Stanley side of Hong Kong … Read More ›

Posted on March 5, 2019January 28, 2024
travel

Where We’re NOT This Christmas Eve

We had planned on visiting Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park on Christmas Eve this year, as we have done in the past. However, … Read More ›

Posted on December 24, 2018January 28, 2024
philosophy, travel

Cracking the Resistance

We’ve all heard about how the French won’t talk to you if your French is not perfect. Yet French people have always been very patient … Read More ›

Posted on November 20, 2018January 28, 2024
Sheep in a Pyrenees pasture
delicious, travel

Sheep Tsunami

While tootling along in our rental car in rural France, the most surprising things can happen. It was getting towards dusk and it was time … Read More ›

Posted on November 15, 2018January 28, 2024
Sonabia beach cove
travel

In the Altogether with the Almighty

There’s a golden beach with a massif looming to the west, at the end of a dirt road in Sonabia, halfway between Bilbao and Santander. … Read More ›

Posted on November 10, 2018January 28, 2024
One of the many Rolls Royces on display at the Torre Loizaga museum
travel

Rows of Rolls: The Museum at Torre Loizaga, Spain

While scouting about for things to do in the Spanish Basque country, I read about this amazing collection of mint condition antique cars, comprising the … Read More ›

Posted on November 7, 2018January 28, 2024
The central square in Varuns, France
delicious, travel

On the Route of Cheeses in the Pyrenees-es

We just returned from a trip to the French and Spanish Basque Country. I’m still digesting the trip, which was delicious. Until I come up … Read More ›

Posted on October 24, 2018January 28, 2024
Danny teaching English at Openmind
travel

Volunteering with Openmind Projects in Thailand

Guest post by Barbara Hopper… Traveling with teenagers can be challenging at the best of times. When your relationship is sketchy to begin with, it … Read More ›

Posted on May 3, 2018January 28, 2024
ceiling of the Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest
travel

Walking History in Budapest, Hungary

Visit Budapest, Hungary, and you will feel that you have stepped into 1938. While Prague and London have gone global, Budapest is still Eastern Europe, … Read More ›

Posted on March 21, 2018January 28, 2024
Dried New Mexico chiles in market. Photo by Kolin Toney
delicious, food, travel

Santa Fe: Cooking with New Mexico Chiles

Guest post by Dolores J. Palomo… What better way to spend a morning in Santa Fe than a class at the Santa Fe Cooking School? … Read More ›

Posted on March 3, 2018January 28, 2024
Some of the collected ingredients for laksa
delicious, food, travel

The Noodle Bowl of 100,000 Ingredients

I wanted to take another cooking class on this trip. The one I had done in 2015 in Laos had been so much fun! I … Read More ›

Posted on February 2, 2018January 28, 2024
Longtailed boats on Cheow Lan Lake, Thailand
travel, useful

Cheow Lan Lake Excursion

In 1982, in the middle of Khao Sok National Park in southern Thailand, the Rajjaprabbha Dam was built. This filled in a series of connected … Read More ›

Posted on January 21, 2018January 28, 2024
Bill on the veranda at Our Jungle House
travel, useful

Our Jungle House in Thailand

The overnight train ride from Bangkok pulled into the town of Surat Thani at 5:40 am, still dark and few businesses awake yet. This did … Read More ›

Posted on January 17, 2018January 28, 2024

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A cup of tea at an unusual hour

  • Tea tasting after a long drive in tea area of Chiang Rai, Thailand
    Tea tasting after a long drive in tea area of Chiang Rai, Thailand
  • Tea on the Grand Union Canal, Britain, 1944
    Tea on the Grand Union Canal, Britain, 1944
  • Tea pouring from a tetsubin
    Tea break
  • Tea in Istanbul
    Tea in Istanbul
  • A "cappucino" made with green tea in Nong Khai, Thailand
    A matchappino in Nong Khai, Thailand
  • Morning tea on the dock at Lake Crescent
    Early morning tea at Lake Crescent, Washington, USA
  • Persian tea with rock sugar swirlers
    Persian tea with rock sugar swirlers
  • Drinking tea in Aleppo, Syria; image by James Gordon
    Drinking tea in Aleppo, Syria; by James Gordon
  • Sipping a cuppa in Ethiopia; by Ron Waddington
    Sipping a cuppa in Ethiopia; by Ron Waddington
  • Tea, phone, camera; by curiousbino
    Tea, phone, camera; by curiousbino
  • The Samovar, by William Paxton, 1926
    The Samovar, by William Paxton, 1926
  • Waiting for the eclipse
    Waiting for the eclipse
  • Tea at totality in Poulsbo, WA, USA
    Tea at totality in Poulsbo, WA, USA. It seemed much darker, but you had to be there...
  • Tea in Russia, ca 1930
    Tea in Russia, ca 1930
  • Kolkata tea break, by Rangan Datta
    Kolkata tea break, by Rangan Datta
  • Bed tea for the Queen
    Bed tea for the Queen
  • Campfire tea
    Campfire tea

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