A few days ago I posted about suddenly deciding to go to Cornwall for a few days in the fall, and renting a house there that is featured in a favorite BBC series. Yesterday I posted about further plans for the trip, which will also include a village in Wales, as well as a fewContinue reading “Wanderlust, Domestic Edition”
Category Archives: Travel
Wanderlust
I spent a surprising amount of time today on travel planning. That feels like such a weird thing to say, after more than a year of going almost nowhere. I posted a couple days ago about a trip to the U.K. we are hoping to take this fall. That post was about my recent bookingContinue reading “Wanderlust”
Visiting Doc Martin
Ohmigosh. I’m going to Cornwall. After traveling nowhere farther away than Harrisonburg for the past year, this is huge. We’d originally talked about visiting England and Scotland in the summer of 2020. Then the pandemic began, and almost all overseas travel was canceled. We told ourselves we’d go in the summer of 2021 instead. ButContinue reading “Visiting Doc Martin”
Reading Challenge: the First Quarter
As of the end of March, I’ve read my way through the first quarter of the 2021 Goodreads reading challenge, and am actually a few books ahead right now. This is a challenge I’ve taken part in since 2015. You set your own goal for how many books you want to read each year. WhenContinue reading “Reading Challenge: the First Quarter”
Technical Support
Yesterday I wrote about my son coming home from college for the weekend. The tale included yesterday’s Adventure of the Missing Phone, which required my husband and I to turn the car around more than twenty miles north of campus and drive back to the dorm after we’d dropped him off Sunday evening, because heContinue reading “Technical Support”
Weekend at Home
My son was home from school this weekend. He just felt the need for a break from college, and I think he actually missed us. The feeling was mutual. Getting him home for a weekend requires a little bit of driving. It would be simpler if we weren’t in the middle of a pandemic; heContinue reading “Weekend at Home”
In Defense of Doc Martin
Have you seen the television series Doc Martin? I love this show. It’s a British series that stars Martin Clunes as a brilliant doctor. He was a top London surgeon until he developed a blood phobia, resulting in his relocation to a quirky seaside village in Cornwall to work instead as a general practitioner. LouisaContinue reading “In Defense of Doc Martin”
Tudor Dreams
Every now and then, while watching Escape to the Country, I see a house that captures my imagination. I posted about Escape to the Country a few months back; it’s a BBC real estate and travel show that helps couples who want to move from the city to a home in the British countryside. OftenContinue reading “Tudor Dreams”
Postcards From the World: Deux de France
I know I just posted about a recent Postcrossing card I received. But an envelope that just came in the mail was noteworthy enough to deserve another Postcards From the World mention. The envelope came from France and contained not one but two postcards. They are from Sandra and Olivier, who live together in Alsace.Continue reading “Postcards From the World: Deux de France”
Photo Friday: the Big Easy
This week was Mardi Gras, but pandemic precautions meant the cancellation of the usual parades and parties. That was necessary, but it’s unfortunate. I’ve never actually visited New Orleans for Mardi Gras. But I’ve been to New Orleans on various occasions and I love that city. Of course, I enjoy the music and the food.Continue reading “Photo Friday: the Big Easy”
