Today, still in pre-election 2024, we are visiting the Setesdal Valley of southern Norway. Where one-half of my family originates. The Nesets are Setesdal Valley people. Which is just fine, considering...
Back then: September 2024. An excellent time was had in Norway and in Paris. Coming up: November 2024. The end of the US as we thought we knew it OR we...
As many of you know, I’ve been writing a book off and on for a while, quite a long while if I consider all of those journal scrawls from my whole...
“Mankind surely does not represent an evolution toward a better or stronger or higher level, as progress is now understood.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (Ponder this a moment…) Fifteen days from now. Right?...
Walking toward sun-sparkled water in the coolish warmth of an early September day in the north. Me. Oslo. I imagine people are smiling as I walk by them in my new...
Well not that it…which I’m pretty sure I never had in any case. But the “travel it” is damn near intact. I haven’t been on a substantial overseas trip by myself...
I’ve had two special cousins my whole life and now one is gone. Vivian represented the Floren side of my family and Audrey, the Neset side. Now Vivian has passed and...
The reality of having my eldest son live in the Philippines is daunting in the sense that…I am seriously old… and the PI is a long ways away. At least 36...
The best thing about blogging my journal or journaling on my blog is that I get to share pictures, adventures, and opinions simply for purposes of reminiscing (when I’m old!). Or...
I was more than a little anxious about how I would adjust to retirement after 55+ years in the work force—the majority of that time not at all unpleasant, many of...