_ If you donΓÇÖt have anything nice to sayΓǪ By Jane Farrell blog This year when I went to my Timeshare in Mazatlan I knew we were going to be hit with a […]
_ 10 Commandments of Travel in the Age of Covid By Jane Farrell blog I am as easily annoyed by late flights and slow elevators as the next crotchety old lady. Maybe more. But […]
_ Old Town Riga By Jane Farrell blog My top and bottom line on Old Town Riga is that it has now replaced both Copenhagen and Barcelona as […]
_ Castles and Ruins By Jane Farrell blog A wonderful day trip out of Riga by car visiting the towns and castles and ruins of Cesis and Sigulda. […]
_ The Latvian Ethnographic Open Air Museum By Jane Farrell blog Riga has the Daugava River running right through it. This river is an intricate waterways system of streams and lakes […]
_ Russian Jurmala By Jane Farrell blog Jurmala is a small resort district outside of Riga. (Jura means sea, mala means edge or side, ergo seaside.) It […]
_ Travel in the Time of COVID By Jane Farrell blog The number one rule of blog writing for me is to keep it evergreen, meaning the topic always feels current […]
_ Fashionista By Jane Farrell blog Have I become that old lady who doesnΓÇÖt know that dressing like a teenager does not make her look younger? […]
_ The File of Dread in My Head By Jane Farrell blog Every so often, usually after a Rueben sandwich and way too much caffeine, I have the ultimate insomnia anxiety attack. […]
_ Kaboom! By Jane Farrell blog I want you to join me in an experiment. I want you to recall a time when time went into […]
_ Was it a wake up call? By Jane Farrell blog I put Bengay on my toothbrush this morning. BLECK. I had a very numb mouth and unpleasant taste. And it […]
_ Put the Whadda-Ya-Call-It Next to the Thing-a-Ma-Jig. By Jane Farrell blog During Social distancing (which describes ouR goal in retirement these last seven years) we were so bored we consumed enough […]
_ The Frankenstein Project By Sondra Forsyth blog ΓÇ£ItΓÇÖs alive. ItΓÇÖs alive.ΓÇ¥ Yup, knock me over with a feather, but I may be the only person I know […]
_ Fish-A-Ma-Jig By Sondra Forsyth blog For these days of Covid social distancing my husband and I decided we needed a hobby. A dog seemed to […]
_ How to Travel Overseas With COVID (Hint: You donΓÇÖt.) By Sondra Forsyth blog Never thought I would see the day when my travel overseas was limited as much as a person living in […]
_ Armchair Travel: Little Old Lady from Pasadena By Sondra Forsyth blog EditorΓÇÖs note: During the pandemic, with travel restrictions and lockdowns still in place in many areas, hereΓÇÖs some delightful armchair […]
_ Armchair Travel: LA in a Day By Sondra Forsyth blog EditorΓÇÖs note: During the pandemic, with travel restrictions and lockdowns still in place in many areas, hereΓÇÖs some delightful armchair […]
_ Social Distancing with Gramma By Sondra Forsyth blog My grandparents had a cottage on Deep Creek Lake in Maryland. As kids, we spent most of the summer there. […]