Rochester's measly little six inches of snow isn't what did it. What did it was the rest of the Midwest got buried with enough snow, wind and ice to shut down airports from Minneapolis to the East coast. And my flight to Dayton, Ohio was canceled. I have to say, I leapt for joy! No business travel and I'm stuck at home, not in some airport somewhere like so many people are today. Thank you storm. Read the rest of this entry »

Once again I learn anew and this blog changes. I moved my Wordpress.com blog to Wordpress.org using Hostgator for my hosting. Goodbye Go Daddy and the continual upselling. Though Hostgator and Wordpress.org require more technical acuity, I'm plodding along making progress. Though there has got to be a way to upload folders or multiple files on cPanel. One file at a time is excruciating. Read the rest of this entry »

The ocean has always been soothing to me. Somehow the surf, the salt spray, the pelicans skimming the blueness, gulls torpedoing in for dinner, the grit in my toes, the abundance invisible beneath the surface, the sheer, vast, power of the sea call me home to myself. I crave, no I need, the sea and seek out beaches as I travel. Read the rest of this entry »