I am that which shall never be again. Trapped in the lost time between now and then. Those who stand around me are never really there For they exist not now but then. Days, years, era’s, and eons Shall pass until I return for We are but ghosts shackled to the past. And yet I can not stay here For my path is in front of me Awaiting for the first step. Goodbye… Goodbye. Tg Well the short summer is over and its class time again. It is very odd to be back at my home university after Kansai Gaidai, I [View Full Entry]

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from Kathy August 11, 2008— The most thought-provoking question I heard on the trip was asked by Michael Modzelewski, naturalist on the Inner Passage cruise: If you didn’t know how old you were, how old would you be? I thought of this question as we ended four days of silliness and high fun surrounding my mother’s 80th birthday, where no one was acting 80—not even close to it. But at 7 a.m. on Monday, August 11, it was time to go. Our farewell entourage included my brother Tom, who had just finished building a new house. He cal [View Full Entry]

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The boys are back in school now. JJ is a senior and Scott, a sophomore. You asked about a Road Trip? What Road Trip? Oh, yeah …. THAT Road Trip. People ask: What were the Best Places? The Best Things to Do? Before it all fades into history, we’ve blogged them in this post: First, we give our Thirty-Nine Travel Lessons Learned, then the kids’ Five Travel Lessons Learned. Then: Best Places Visited, Twenty-two Common Everyday Sights, Best Travel Guides, Best Hotel, Questions to Ask Hotels, Funny Lines, Signs and Bumper Stickers, Voice and Data Connectedness, Best Divers [View Full Entry]

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So I'm starting to pack today. I have to fit all my belongings for the semester in two large bags and one backpack... Sarah is arriving in Farmington on tuesday and then we're moving up to Boston. I'll stay there for a week before I leave for Amsterdam. [View Full Entry]

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Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory. Albert Schweitzer Of late I have been reconnecting with friends that I haven’t seen in a long time. While these are joyous occasions I find myself lately to be a little sad. Without me realizing it, this time last year I was getting on a plane for one of the scariest adventures of my life. That trip and the friends I made there have impacted my life so much that it has been a difficult summer to know how far away they really are. On top of which I am [View Full Entry]

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Predeparture worries...medical evacuation insurance, travel insurance, packing, the olympics, no deodorant in China? The last week has been a blur of bars and best friends and fire blowing and goodbyes. Although I'm slightly stressed out about everything I have to do before I leave on Thursday (re advice from Bob and Sarah: pick up anti-fungal cream because of all the rain, buy pepto bismo, find gifts for my contact teacher and headmaster, scan and copy my passport/visa, tell the bank my credit cards will be used in China...my to do list is two pages long!) I'm mostly excited about what the [View Full Entry]

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Where does one begin a story, do they start at the beginning, if that is the case then we've 23 odd years of catching up to do. Does it start at the here and now, well its still 23 years later. Or does it remain timeless; I think this is the best spot. So here I am, 23 years into this thing we call life and starting a blog because I would like to leave a record behind, even if it is only for myself. I'm horrible at these things because I tend to want to write too much and get [View Full Entry]

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Test Entry! Leaving for Israel in 8 days! [View Full Entry]

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I’ve been home in Connecticut for nearly two months, and I’m still waiting for it to sink in that I’ve actually traveled to twenty different countries. Every once in awhile it will hit me, especially when I’m watching a movie that has scenes from a city I have traveled to. One night, Jenna, Bean, and I decided to rent Rendition (an excellent movie) and the first scene is of Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa. When I saw that I freaked out a little…okay I freaked out a lot, but I had JUST been there! I couldn't really explain [View Full Entry]

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Well here we are in sunny L.A. We spent the day at Disneyland yesterday and had a wonderful day. We are staying in a hotel which is about a 8 minute walk from Disneyland, which is very convenient, as we spent the day there, went back to the hotel for a rest, a bath to ease my aching feet, some dinner and then walked back to Disneyland for Round Two which included the fantastic fireworks show. Disneyland was really great, and we had a wonderful time, though the queues were just as horrendous as I expected. My biggest, biggest disappointment of [View Full Entry]

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