departure

Always a bottleneck for me – packing. A new strategy – be in bed by 1:00 a.m. instead of 3.  Then rip my heart out, pretend I’m just going to the drugstore and tell the dogs “be right back…”  in three weeks. First leg, Columbia airport. Check-in. Waiting for my bags of cameras and L-ion batteries…

Leaving Missouri

Sunset on Lambert Field. Flights canceled and rescheduled, we’re now headed in the right direction-Dallas.

I Wished I’d Learned Spanish

I was designing a new kitchen: creating a 4-color geometric pattern floor,  an asymetrical table, and facing the chaos of my clutter plus having to move out of the kitchen.  But with months to prepare I have time to learn Spanish because we’re going to bicycle in the hilltop towns in the south of Spain. …

What do these numbers mean?

I’ve seen these numbers above doors in Germany and now Italy…. I have no idea what they signify. 2 C M B 16   or sometimes  –  20 CMB 16  ????