Life with cats, and other things…
Travel as an airline employee
24th November 2025 Not since my school days in England have I had to sit on top of a heater to get warm. No. That's not true. I had to do so during the summer when I worked in an over air-conditioned terminal at JFK Airport. Through the 30 years I worked in that building, … Continue reading Stranded
1706/1st November 2025 The year leading up to the 2024 election was tense and stressful. Then after that appalling day, we were left sick with apprehension. In the months since the inauguration, I've asked myself whether my dread was justified. Or should I have been even more afraid? Being afraid is not helpful and worrying … Continue reading Differences
1103/28th October 2025 Leaving Ticonderoga, we continued along the shore road, noting white caps on the lake. . Just as clouds decorate the sky, white caps give character to a body of water. Reflections on still water make a wonderful picture, but there is something so very exciting about a rough sea! . Sailing, which … Continue reading Substitute
1025/28th October 2025 With so much wind and being further north, you'd expect more leaves to be down. Wouldn't you? . My photographer father spent hours waiting for the Sun to come out. True, it is frustrating when you just get the camera focused and lined up only for the light to fade. Never the … Continue reading History
1553/24th October 2025 In my haste to catch up, I managed to publish the two previous posts out of sequence, but it really could hardly matter less. I will get around to that post script - eventually! October 24th does not wish to release me. . That grey day finished with a flourish. . A … Continue reading Bad days…
17th October 2025 Our own skies were grey temporarily and as always, I took pictures, but for the time being I'll continue posting the more cheerful images from a recent drive to Vermont. . It's hard to have eyes everywhere at once. I nearly missed the deer. . Vermont is easily one of my favourite … Continue reading Making sense
1538/8th October 2025 Promised rain arrived Tuesday night and on Wednesday we had a dark, wet journey to Clifton Park where my treatment was completed in record time. As we drove home rain was tapering off and I attempted some photographs. My skills are not adequate to the challenges of grey light, heavy mist and … Continue reading Guilty pleasures
26th September 2025 It's a good we went out to look at leaves last week since many trees are now already naked, as we saw on yesterday's perambulation. I'll get to those images - eventually. . While this year it has been subdued, the Fall of 2022 was golden and the glory of it lasted … Continue reading A face
0643/18th September 2025 . Now that we have explored the Universe we understand phenomena like eclipses. Scientists have explained earthquakes and weather and so much that was once a mystery, but you can understand the superstitions that were once attached, the inclination to believe that the Sun, the Moon and planets were Gods. Yet some … Continue reading A flaw
1719/26th July 2025 . The air has been thick with smoke recently, the sight of which makes me want to cough, yet I know it could be so much worse because I have experience of awful pollution. . The air had cleared briefly on Friday night but yesterday we were getting air quality alerts on … Continue reading Don’t do it!