Trip to Boston with Barb to celebrate both girls’ birthdays, for Barb to see Allie’s place, and generally commune with our newly working daughter. Then Bill went on to Nova Scotia for week including music of the Celtic Colours festival. Next Day | Trip Home Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017 Barb and I drove to BWI, …
Cousin Susan Barnett passed away last year and is remembered in a loving document put together by husband Jim Rech and presumably others. Yesterday, Jim shared the “book” consisting of Susan’s collected Xmas letters and many photos. I always enjoyed receiving annual editions of “Life With Father Wreck” and was one of those that always …
It’s been a long-running joke in our family that the ancient Duncan clan motto is “Disce Pati”, or “Learn to Suffer”. The Internet says it’s true (Wikipedia, Index of Clans), at least sort of (Clan Duncan), so it must be true, at least sort of. We’ve long transmogrified the phrase to “Disco Pattie”, I think …
For my last day in Segovia, we started with a little shopping. Laurie and I walked through the touristy Old Town area looking for some local thank you gifts for Laurie, Maggie and Juan, and some things to take home. We came across a Segovia-based store (modern, black and white store with wine in rear) …
We got ourselves up reasonably early for the drive back to Segovia. Laurie had heard of a place along the way called Las Medulas, a former Roman gold mine with very interesting rock formations, so that became our midpoint destination. It took nearly four hours to get there, and we were ready for a stop …
I’m sometimes surprised to learn that songs I’ve associated with one artist are covers from another generation. Here are some that surprised me, some that I suspected were covers but didn’t know the original, and others where I think someone did a great job of interpreting someone else’s song. Istanbul, Not Constantinople. For years I’d …
Our last full day in Galicia featured a visit to A Coruna, the main port and second largest city in the province. It’s a longish drive of about 2.5 hours, mostly over highways that made it easy. The city is surprisingly big, with lots of traffic, especially after a few days in villages of Galicia. …
This was a day for exploring the Costa da Morte area north of Finisterre. We didn’t have a solid idea of where we wanted to visit, so I spent some time the previous afternoon scoping out various options on the web and my guidebooks. One of the things we confirmed once in the area is …
Two unrelated articles in today’s Washington Post got me thinking about government’s role in planning and the nature of unintended consequences. I’m no specialist in urban planning or government, but I am trying to make sense of what I’ve seen go right and go wrong over the course of my lifetime. The first article was …
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Our reception was held at lovely Cabell’s Mill, a historic mill and banquet hall in a Fairfax County park. Fred and Louise found the facility, not too far from their home in Oakton, VA. I had never been there before or since, but it’s a nice place for a reception. We’re glad it was a nice day …
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