It has been nearly 4 years since I’ve been anywhere significant outside of the country (I don’t count the Caribbean because it’s terribly close to home and the culture is somewhat similar to parts of South Florida). So of course, since early 2011, I decided it was high time to travel again and when I’d [...]
It looks like cleansing month was a total bust for me as I really did not focus on that in this blog, or elsewhere. I can live with it because I’ve had a quite productive and interesting month even though I may not have written or spoken much about it. And April looks like it will [...]
I used to frequent a blog called Early Retirement Extreme, before its author Jacob Lund Fisker, officially retired from blogging. Actually, I still go back and read a few reference posts and the forums for reinforcement. I have also read Fisker’s book, also entitled Early Retirement Extreme (not an affiliate link). His blog, and more [...]
Have you ever had the opportunity to watch or listen to an opera? I haven’t. It has never really clicked for me the way some other modes of artistic expression have. However recently I had the honor of attending a show put on by a popular mezzo-soprano opera singer, Denyce Graves. I had read about [...]
Before I start, can I just say I nearly died from the amount of cuteness in this video? /dead Anyway, moving on … I am feeling in some kind of mood today, but I don’t really know what. It’s not happy, it’s not sad or angry or any other emotion I can really identify. Or [...]