The olde nursery rhyme, Roses are red, etc. is probably one of the first rhymes that American children memorize. It’s a charmer for a young child, easy to recite, and to manipulate the last two lines for their own needs be that loving or cutting. I remember loving Valentine’s Day from the early days ofContinue reading “Roses are Red…”
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Spoonbills, White Pelicans & Seashells, o my!
I’ve wanted to return to Sanibel Island since I originally left it after a day visit in 1964. The island has been legendary as a mecca for masses of seashells on its shoreline deposited there because of its unusual placement in the Gulf of Mexico, close to Ft. Myers, FLA. In the 60’s we tookContinue reading “Spoonbills, White Pelicans & Seashells, o my!”
Dipping a To(e) into Tokyo
Tokyo is huge. It’s exciting and exhausting! The motherland of sushi? The boldest of buildings? The best of art collections? A shopper’s paradise? A non -shopper’s idea of hell? A business man’s playground? Definitely a city with an underbelly, often visible, of pimps and prostitutes and the mob. A pamperedpoodle’s place to live an overlyContinue reading “Dipping a To(e) into Tokyo”
Observing Beauty in a New Museum
The gray clouds thickened yesterday, giving some credence to the possibility that a monster typhoon was scheduled to hit Japan in the near future. As far as we could tell, no one in Kyoto, with the exception of ourselves, seemed overly concerned. We vacillated between thinking we should get supplies and hunker down, toContinue reading “Observing Beauty in a New Museum”
HAPPINESS=Dance
Do you ever wonder what part of you has remained unchanged from childhood and what you lost on the way to adulthood? For me it’s been quite clear what I’ve held onto. I began dance class at age three and there is still there is little I enjoy more than watching “good”dance or dancing myself,Continue reading “HAPPINESS=Dance”