I’m usually a rational person; I try to understand the other side’s point of view. But I’m losing patience with Alitalia. And I’m not even the passenger on the plane. Rather, I’m the Mom.

My son Kevin was to have

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Earl and I have put our luggage away, stuffed our dirty clothes in the laundry hamper, and settled in to our regular chores. You’d hardly know we’d been away. Tomorrow, Monday, it’s back to the usual weekly routine with a

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Last night Earl and I stayed at the only motel in Wentzville, Missouri. It was a Super 8, and was preceded by a conversation about the early years of Motel 6 and Super 8 as we covered I-70 heading to

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People of a certain age are familiar with the phrase, “the iron curtain.” It was coined by Sir Winston Churchill in 1946 in Fulton, Missouri, a small town that houses Westminster College in the middle of middle America. In fact,

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This blog site is turning into a travelogue site since it seems the only time I’m inspired to blog is when Earl and I are traveling. This week finds us returning from the Memorial Day Weekend in Denver, Colorado.

We

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This is the last day of our Florida vacation; tomorrow we pack and start the long trek home. We’ll leave behind balmy summer weather, blue seas, and conch fritters. I’ll miss the first two a lot.

We’ll take with us

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Earl and I traveled to Colorado for Thanksgiving and arrived home tonight after driving a total of 2300 miles to share in my family’s turkey traditions.

This trip was blessed with good weather and even better road conditions, but we

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Two weeks ago today I sat in a little trattoria in Rome, Italy, enjoying a light supper and waiting for my son Kevin to arrive. I’d spent the afternoon getting a manicure and pedicure in a typically Italian salon and

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