The Adventures of Travel Penguin

A dear friend asked if life was really as "humdrum" as I make it sound.  Life can be stressful. I carry most stress and worry inte...

  1: If you could go back in time, what advice would you have for your 20 year old self?  2: If you could travel forward in time, what advic...

I have to admit, I have been a bit mystified by adults who are infatuated with Halloween.  In my journey to explore creativity this year, ma...

  A couple of years ago we were in the liquor store and Sweet Bear noticed bottles of Silivocia on the shelf.  He remembered his grandmother...

With the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts closed by the orange menace, the NSO sought out alternative venues.  Planning for a ...

Where have I been this week? The National Gallery of Art, Northern Virginia Community College performing arts center, the Farmers Market, a ...

The View from Lunch One Day The North Shore The night before I left for this trip, I discovered that my camera was broken, it had been in my...

I got out for a walk Four times last week, to just take a walk. I needed that.  Huntley Meadows is a couple of miles south of us, about 300 ...

1: How old is the home you live in?  2: For you, what is the difference between an old building and a historic building? 3: When restoring a...

I was looking for a travel Tuesday post, and realized how few photos I have taken since we returned from the grand adventure in May, then I ...

  Thanks Angus, I had to add this one

Origin is not destiny, but where we came from, shapes parts of who we are, as we move forward in life. I have landed on my feet a long way f...

  Where have I been this week?  The pharmacy, Trader Joe's, the Farmer's Market, the pool, the treadmill at the gym, National Harbor...