After spending a few minutes this morning scrolling through social media on which I marked articles on The Hague, SmartPhone Addiction, Allowing Students Freedom of Choice in Reading, and a Zen Stress Reduction Program at a middle school, my swirling brain continued with ideas of what to write about being spun off this way and that….
Bermuda
Scooters, Buses, and Taxis: Getting Around on Bermuda
For anyone who has been to the island paradise of Bermuda, you will know that one of the preferred methods for getting around is the scooter. We have been to this island three times in thirty years. In that time, we’ve gone from renting and riding a scooter to using the buses, and most recently…
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Weathered in Wisconsin, New York, Holland, & Bermuda
These are my submissions for the Weekly WordPress Photo Challenge: Weathered. Thanks for visiting!
Drinks of Bermuda
This is not my first blog piece for today, but I guess I am just not ready to post what I wrote earlier. Now, it is late in the day and I am do not feel like posting a heavy piece of writing (>1,000 words). So, in celebration of 5 o’clock on a Friday, I…
Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Serene
Inspired by the Word Press Weekly Photo Challenge: Serene
Weekly WordPress Photo Challenge: Scale
For my scale photo challenge submissions, you will find how large bamboo can be, as compared to humans (Kauai, 2013). 2) How small chairs in an outdoor cafe in Den Haag look compared to trees and skyscrapers. (The Netherlands, 2016). 3) Bricks, people, new skyscrapers, streetlights, and centuries old Trinity Church in New York City…
Bermuda Perfumeries….then and now.
The island of Bermuda is one of my favorite places in the world! It has pastel painted houses with white roofs, scented air from the local sub-tropical, brightly colored flora, and a welcoming native people who have retained their civility over years of an increasingly large tourist population. When we first visited, thirty years ago,…
Silent Sunday: More Beautiful Bermuda
Silent Sunday: Gibbs Hill Lighthouse, Bermuda, One of the Oldest Cast Iron Lighthouses in the World (Circa, 1846).
Who are the People in your Neighborhood?
Being in a different community (county) for a week got me thinking about the old Sesame Street Song, The People in Your Neighborhood. Everyone you meet on Bermuda is so nice. I am not sugar-coating our visit or trying to be sappy; it is just a true statement! From the hostess who sat us at…