The Adventures of Travel Penguin

  It was nice to be home for a normal weekend, but I miss the adventures of the road.  There is something restful about the routine of being...

A print of this photo hangs in my chambers.   1: Have you driven on the right side of the road? 2: Have you driven on the left side of the r...

Well this one is kind of a downer, sorry, I am trying to collect family stories and this is one that needs to be told.  A professional hazar...

A few years ago I bought a book titled Pickled Pantry, and took the plunge.  I started making simple half sour dills.  I could probably buy ...

What if, dogs have us well trained - and laugh when we think we have them trained? What if, there is intelligent life on earth - and it is n...

Where have I been?  Denver for lots and lots of meeting with my fellow wizards. Embassy Suites, Hyatt Regency, Sheraton, Colorado Convention...

I have been to the Borough Market in London a couple of times, the last time in March of 2020, just as the world was coming to a stop.  I l...

I had a different moody Monday post set to post, but this is brewing and needs to be put on paper (well e-paper.)  I am spending a few days ...

1: Do you sleep well the first night in a hotel?  2: Have you returned to the same hotel, and been recognized as a repeat customer?  3: What...

She was born in Swansea on the south coast of Wales in 1888, her father was a brickmaker, her mother was listed as a housewife. She married ...

You are the perfect you. You are unique, one of a kind.  Warts and all, you are beautiful.  Embrace yourself.  Find joy in who you are.  You...

Pilgrimage is as old as civilization, and in a way that is what I was on.  A journey seeking something,  to see and experience things outsid...

Where have I been? DC, Charlotte, Denver, Laramie Wyoming, McCammon Springs, Idaho, and if all goes to plan I will return to Denver today. ...

Waterford is near the Atlantic on the south side of Ireland.  The crystal shop and factory tour had closed a day or two before - thanks to C...