Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2025 Jun 28
Category Archives: Rambles
We Got Photo Takers, and Music Makers
The fifth of eight observations on a recent Caribbean cruise. Brring, brring. It’s oh-six-hundred and something-or-other. The automated wake-up phone call startles me awake, as it has every morning since we sailed. We always seem to be (over)eating at sunset, … Continue reading
We Got Shoppers, We Got Sellers
The fourth of eight observations on a recent Caribbean cruise. Making my still-uncertain way from cabin to, well, anywhere on this ship, I pass shops selling cruise line souvenirs, jewelry, fine timepieces (aka ‘watches’), specialty liquors, leather accessories, and modern … Continue reading
We Got Tipplers, We Got Boozers
The third of eight observations on a recent Caribbean cruise. On this first sea day, the schedule includes what seems an odd assortment of entertainment: two-hour glass-blowing demonstrations by Corning staff, live music sets by an a cappella group, and … Continue reading
We Got Walkers, We Got Joggers. We Got Cursed Lollygaggers.
The second of eight observations on a recent Caribbean cruise. Good news! It is the morrow, food is still being proffered, and we are making headway on cataloguing our environment, even if we don’t entirely understand it yet. One must … Continue reading
We Got Tanners, We Got Burners
The first of eight observations on a recent Caribbean cruise, with apologies to Toby Keith. We got winners, we got losers Chain smokers and boozers And we got yuppies, we got bikers We got thirsty hitchhikers And the girls next … Continue reading
Hearts, Bears and Roses
An unexpected question about Valentine’s Day leads to the truth about relationships. When is Valentine’s Day this year? The retired air force colonel and I are herding cats — aka running a proposal — and have taken a mental-health … Continue reading
Sweet Corn, Green Onions
One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. The sandwiches today are tuna with sweet corn. The Lady of the house — literally, she being married to a Lord — is briefing us on today’s options. … Continue reading
What You Don’t Know
What were you following? The words are delivered just a little north of dispassionately, just a tad too intensely to indicate mere enquiry. No, something more is afoot, in more than one sense, as we make our careful way back … Continue reading
If Not Now, When?
One of a miscellany of short observations from a trip to Scotland. Is that footsteps? I stop moving, thereby quieting the noise from my feet, but my breathing won’t get with the program. I listen as intently as I can … Continue reading