Last night, it was suggested to me that I create a Just For Writing Travel Blogs site. So I did. And this is it:

https://postcardsfromwherever.wordpress.comPart of my post-layoff game plan has included me trying to figure out how to continue to do what I love -- writing and traveling. Having a website that is purely devoted to my travel tales ( Read more... )

James's Gate was our place. Cozy Irish-style pub on one side, artsy yet warm dining room on the other. The Esposo and I had been going there since moving to Boston from New York back in 1998. It's where I saw the Red Sox win their first World Series since 1918. It's where we went after my water broke with Patoot and we had time to kill before the ( Read more... )

My tour through Japan was a guided one. Our guide was a delightful, efficient, capable older gentleman by the name of Toshi. He could answer any question, solve any problem, manage any request. For example, one couple from our group wanted to see Hiroshima, despite the fact it wasn’t on our itinerary. Toshi created a special itinerary JUST FOR THEM ( Read more... )

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In my last post, I closed with the commentary that Kyoto-and Japan in general-artfully mixes the modern world with the ancient. One memory from my trip sums this idea up quite succinctly: A vending machine (or jidohanbaiki, in Japanese) next to a 1,000-plus-year-old temple ( Read more... )

It would seem the re-boot of the blog requires a re-boot ( Read more... )

Ever have one of those moments when you didn’t realize something about yourself until you catch yourself saying it out loud (or, in this case, texting it “out loud”)? Well I did a few days ago, and it was about the Lunar New Year (aka Chinese New Year ( Read more... )

Two unrelated exchanges I had recently have led me to ask the following question of myself ( Read more... )

Today, one of our writers was let go. Not in a “We’re downsizing way” but a “This just isn’t working out” way ( Read more... )

Every couple of years or so, I attempt to make New Year’s resolutions. It’s always a lofty attempt at best, because while the things I am resolving to do sound Noble and Enriching and Ambitious…having them all typed out in list form has the exact opposite effect on me than it’s meant to. Instead of feeling beholden to the list, I promptly forget ( Read more... )