Brooklyn, and big decisions

When I went to see Brooklyn yesterday, I wasn't expecting to be so reminded of myself. Yet Soairse Ronan's character, the young Eilis who moves across the ocean from County Wrexham, Ireland to Brooklyn, NYC in the 1950s to make a better life for herself, embodied all the emotional turmoil so familiar to me when … Continue reading Brooklyn, and big decisions →

Aisle seat 29G, somewhere between LA and London time..

Tweet I have been upgraded to Economy Plus. This has never happened to me before - probably something to do with the cheap airlines I frequent on which customers scramble to the boarding gate early to seat themselves as opposed to the composed seat assignment carried out by Virgin and Continental. Nothing is different in … Continue reading Aisle seat 29G, somewhere between LA and London time.. →

Time is going by … in Yosemite National Park

Tweet “make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of … Continue reading Time is going by … in Yosemite National Park →