Travel, Travel, Travel & Books, Books, Books

Do you recall where you were when the Twin Towers fell? Many of us can immediately picture the spot, hear the sounds surrounding us and smell the smells. I was teaching in Dundalk. The principal’s voice calmly took over the building at the beginning of recess, asking us all to kindly proceed to the staff […]

The Pros & Cons of Cruise Ship Travel

Holland America cruise ship docked in Alaska

In honour of their (mid-Covid) 50th anniversary, my parents generously gifted our entire family with a group cruise to Alaska in August 2025. I’ve sailed the seas once before, and though I didn’t spend hours vomiting overboard, I admit that it wasn’t my fav type of travel. At that time in the Caribbean seas, whenever […]