The martial art known as karate was developed because people needed to defend themselves without using weapons. It was brought to Japan in the 1920s, where it was adapted and became known as it is today. Or so I thought. Karate started somewhere other than…
It is no secret that I love to travel with my wife. There is great joy in seeing people, places and things. There is such an amazing world out there. I can speak from personal experience that some of my prejudices, misconceptions, and ignorance have…
I have some helpful advice for you to share. Relationships are the most significant part of many people’s lives, and how these relationships are handled impacts everything.
Washington, D.C. has been on my travel hit list for some time now. But, it is a little far for us to make the drive worth the effort. That changed when our plans to visit New Brunswick fell through and there was no way I…
We love visiting beautiful places. Places that were designed and inspired by greatness. Places that are maintained out of respect and reverence. Places like churches. In our travels, we have found that our greatest attraction is churches. There are many around, but so few have…
Being a bus driver is a truly fantastic experience. I transport young, budding minds to our educational system and see them grow into wonderful human beings. A noisy bus is good; everyone is socializing, laughing, and talking. I am a spare bus driver, and I…
I was innocently driving my beloved wife to work when she asked me if we were going on a trip. I was completely taken by surprise. I had never even thought of it. I have a doctor’s appointment coming up in Toronto, the kind of…
The day we started was great! Well, actually, it wasn’t. We were happy to be alive after a windstorm that kept us up all night. The night before, we arrived late. We planned camping at Horseshoe Bend Campground in the Big Horn Canyon National Recreation…
I remember Andy Warhol when I was growing up. I saw him on Fashion Television, a show that was popular in my childhood home, even though we did not care about fashion, haute couture, or anything remotely related to those things. It was that the…
Our day started fantastically. We broke camp where we were just outside of Banff. We saw three elk males hanging out together in the early morning. One was trying to spar with the others. We left the majestic mountains of Alberta and entered Calgary to…
