Blogs from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, North America - page 3

I'm reading The Real Jane Austen, a biography that uses Jane's objects as the device (trope?) to get to the story. And I'm thinking how it reminds me of In Small Things Forgotten, read long ago in graduate school. As I vacuum my newly installed carpet, I think about the pleasure this Electrolux (thank you, Jennifer) is giving me and it's such a small thing. Then I think of my RV, a not-so-small thing, but small in the big scheme of things. And I think of the pleasure it's going to give Ed and me on our travels. Small things are best not forgotten. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/17/books/review/the-real-jane-austen-by-paula-byrne.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0... read more

After Jamie and I said our goodbyes I headed to the mile high city, Denver, Colorado. This would begin the next phase of my trip involving a lot of sporting events. I spent a few days here checking out the city and getting my first taste of NBA basketball action on this trip, with my team the Detroit Pistons taking on the home town Denver Nuggets. It was an entertaining game but unfortunately the Nuggets won (a trend I would soon find out). Next stop was Oklahoma City, where I’d get to see another game with the Pistons battling the OKC Thunder. My cab driver was a nice young lady who had moved to OKC from Florida. Although she had moved here herself, she wondered what possible purpose I could have for coming to OKC. One ... read more

Fredag blev en rejsedag igen. Bortset fra vandfaldene ser det ikke ud til at byen er et ekstra "vidunder". Vi undrer os over hvorfor der er så mange indere og indiske spisesteder omkring Niagara vandfaldene - hvordan landede de lige i det område? Nå, nogle gange skal man ikke tænke så meget over tingene, men bare køre videre. Vi nyder vores "lille" bil, som er en skøn rejsevogn, og fortsætter henad de imponerende motorveje. Så flotte skulle de være i Danmark. Udenfor byerne er der 50 m meterrabat, så det ikke er nødvendigt med autoværn. Alt er grønt og frodigt i denne "landsdel" - sådan husker vi ikke Californien på denne årstid! Mens vi kører langs Eire søen - en sø længere end Danmark på langs - ser vi bare på omgivelserne, mens man bliver overhalet ... read more

We drove through Ohio with no time to stop at Columbus to see the Santa Maria replica as hoped. We arrived in Pittsburgh, winding through construction, to find our friends' home in a challenging urban neighborhood. These special friends are very dear to us since our friendship began when they were leaders in our youth group. They were soon married and began a family; a few years later we followed their pattern. They have always had a heart for ministry and subsequent years have found them doing campus ministry at U. of Pittsburgh. Several years later we heard that they were building a house in the neighborhood where they now live and joining an intentional community of Christians who are choosing to live there and be the salt and light of Jesus to the surrounding community. ... read more

Awaiting our flight at Pittsburgh Airport...what an eventful trip up here....Larry Richie & Bill Dawson are ready to dump me already because I ordered a burger well-done and we were the first to order and the last served at Fridays.....what a fun group!!! At McDonalds in Weirton the manager thanked us for our "laughter"....now I can't reveal the source of that laughter....you will have to ask Diane and Amanda about it......we are now waiting at the gate - early because Pat read the arrivals board and thought it was the departures board and thought our plane was leaving early.....some cause for excitement......I am including some pics....Larry's French Onion Soup was the topic of conversation...everyone loved french onion soup but nobody ordered it....go figure.....if the trip to the airport is any indication of the kind of trip ... read more