Working our way along the North Shore, we arrived at the town of Grand Marais. I have longed to visit the North House School for many years. Where should we unknowingly end up, but in a campsite immediately alongside the school!  A short jaunt down a weedy trail and I was at the front door of…

Dick and I set out to see the world… our corner of the world in Minnesota. Last night, we stayed at the Spirit Mountain Campground in West Duluth so that this morning we could visit the train museum in Duluth. Dick always wanted to be a train engineer, so he has a special attachment to trains.…

The chorus in Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA sums up what Memorial Day represents. "And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died (or were wounded), who gave that right to me." Dick's Memorial Day commemoration began with s stop at…

  Flat Stanley arrived in the mail today for a visit. My granddaughter O'Malley decided to accompany Flat Stanley on his road trip, so she created Flat O'Malley. If you're not familiar with the book Flat Stanley, the story is about a boy whose bulletin board flattens him one night while he is sleeping. At first he is sad,…

Pay special attention to this guy on a motorcycle. Dick and I did not. It is what is to come flying around the corner behind the motorcycle that you really really need to pay attention to. Dick and I did not. We were in Tampa to attend an Eco Festival today. We had parked our vehicle and…

After my daughter Jessie and I finished our meal at the Dandelion Communitea Cafe in Orlando (yesterday's post), we drove around a bit so she could show me some sites that I might want to visit in the future. One place was Pom Pom's Teahouse and Sandwicheria, which is very near the Dandelion Communitea Cafe.…

Today, my daughter Jessie and I set out on an adventure that brought us to the most delightful little vegetarian/vegan cafe in Orlando. To allow us to taste-test a wider variety of foods from the Dandelion Communitea Cafe's menu, we ordered two different meals then shared the items. One was a quinoa native mama mix and a cup of…

I went on a little jaunt this afternoon to a farm just two miles down the road.   I thought maybe a few plump perfectly ripe strawberries would be nice…  and, oh… the leaf lettuce was so very pretty.   A dozen freshly laid eggs and some ripe and not-so-ripe tomatoes would be good… and the homemade…

On Saturday, after my friend Sharon and I toured the Urban Oasis Hydroponic Farm in Tampa, we stopped at Greenwise Publix to pick up a few grocery items. Publix Markets are presently in Tennesse (28), Alabama (39), South Carolina (42), Georgia (180), and in Florida (737), where the chain was founded. There are only three…

What a novel idea and you can be part of it! In select theaters one night only on February 4th, A Prairie Home Companion is coming to the big screen at a movie theater near you! In an exciting first for the show, on Thursday, February 4, 2010, a performance of A Prairie Home Companion…