The couple sat across the aisle and I noticed that an eye mask-ear plug combo device was on the floor by her feet. The nice thing to do was to point out that one of them had dropped their eye mask, which I thought, they might want for the longish flight we were waiting to…
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I screwed up. I know I screwed up and the resulting unhappiness is entirely my own fault. And I’m still irritated at the TSA or whatever the version of the TSA person working on the US side of the Canadian border and yet wearing an “I’m from Canada” or whatever badge and vest ensemble is.…
Observations from my most recent business trip… Here is what my day is like so far: up at 8 in the morning except my body thinks it’s 5 because I have only been where I am for thirty-six hours. Meetings for seven hours where I have to be alert, creative, thoughtful and demanding, also nice…
Different animals seem to have different magic about them. There are of course the unique traits of individuals and breeds but if you can generalize about animal magic certain species seem to be better at certain things than others. Dogs, I believe, are particularly good at love magic. One of my dogs has love power…
I am fluent in one language. Obviously that makes it slightly harder to travel to countries where my language is not the language, but thanks to the enormity of influence that is and has been English speaking countries it doesn’t present too much of a problem. I’m not saying that my mono-lingual state is okay or acceptable,…
I have a habit of biting the inside of my cheeks when I am contemplative. I will find myself sitting in my office, working out some kind of issue and will notice that I have sucked in my cheeks and am holding them with my teeth. I do that a lot when I am writing…
Gazoil and diesel are the same thing, maybe you new this because you speak French. Maybe you did not know this and by following what you thought were the directions on the gas cap and the pump you found yourself stranded in a medieval village in the French countryside. I did the latter and so…
The plan was to take the train from Brussels to Toulouse. Eight hours of watching the country scenery, reading, writing and having the experience of being on the rails. Also I don’t like to fly so this was a great way to have a train adventure and stay closer to the ground. Total travel time…
and rambling a bit on the nature of travel. Travel is a marvelous thing for many reasons, but should to be confused with ‘vacation.’ There may be overlap but there may not and one should not assume that because vacations often involve travel, travel will also involve a vacation. I travel for work a lot,…
Patience, the dictionary says, is the ability to accept or tolerate delay, trouble or suffering without getting angry or upset. The key to experiencing patience lies in the ability to accept the things that bother you because it doesn’t require patience to accept things that are not disagreeable or that you enjoy. For instance, if…
Faith Works 