The ghost of Christmas Future looms

What is it about the threat of a Christmas holiday that scares people into sudden action?

For the second half of the year, the thought of the Christmas break (and possible bonus) is just about all we can use to motivate ourselves to push through another week or month. Half a breath later it’s the second [...]

A change is as good as a holiday

I’ve been blogging for about two years, probably longer now, at another address. That blog started as a travel and personal blog, a place that was all mine. It was visited by outsiders sometimes, but mostly by people who knew and cared for me and were prepared to read my rambling posts about the weather [...]