Snapshots of Life

Thoughts and images on the road

Siteseeing, eating and drinking are only part of the fun. It's the stories you come home with that you remember.

With the wedding over, we enjoy a twilight walk around York

We're pretty dang tired post wedding. Tired, but of course incredibly happy. As a result, my writing is getting shorter (stop cheering)....

She arrives at the 17thCentury manor house in a carriage drawn by two massive jet black horses. Helped by her tall, handsome father, she...

With everything going on this week in preparation for the wedding, I’ve basically been running a day behind in writing my blogs. So...

Thursday – Travel Day! We have to pack our bags and head north to get in place for the wedding. We have a fair number of suitcases but...

It’s taken me a lot of years to figure this out, but I’m finally starting to understand why women REALLY enjoy getting their hair done....

One of the many advantages of having spent a lot of time in London, and of having grown-up children, is that you can split up and do...

Why am I not tired? I didn’t sleep much on the overnight flight to London. I had a crazy busy weekend ahead of our journey abroad. And...

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a cowboy. I grew up in an age just as Westerns were giving way to cop shows on TV. The Cartwright men...

Growing up in the farming community of North, S.C., Christmas Eve meant one thing – working at my father’s drug store. It was a time...

A warm, firm hand is gently shaking my shoulder. A loving voice is urging me to get up. It’s still dark outside and my senses are dull...