Blogs from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, North America - page 5

Day two of the workshop started at a much more reasonable time, 9:00 a.m., with some Tai Chi. I don't know if I would like it. Mostly I felt awkward, but everyone else did too. I think I'll stick with Yoga. The nice thing about Yoga is that you can feel when you get it right, and the time in the positions is much longer, allowing for self-adjustments & meditation. But I can see the appeal of Tai Chi. We continued the individual current events presentations. I think we were all ready to be done, though. Too much sitting! We took our "test." Mary Laura was right, & she is much loved among the program participants. Catherine Channell gave us a short Chinese lesson. She's a really great teacher, which didn't surprise me since she's been ... read more

I have been trying for a month to find a place for Susie and me to stay while we're in Kyoto, Japan. I really wanted traditional Japanese for our stay. At first I researched & researched for the perfect place, and I finally came up with this place, the Heianbo . Unfortunately, they were booked. Then I tried another place... and another... and another. I was getting desperate. Fortunately, someone at tripadvisor lead me to the itcj, the International Tourism Center of Japan. Both are wonderful sites if you're trying to plan a trip to Japan (tripadvisor, for anywhere) remotely. The ITCJ has maximum cost restrictions for the accomodations to be on the site, and it caters to foreigners trying to book from outside the country. You can do searches ... read more

Today was the first of all the days off in Dallas I actually got up in time for breakfast. There’s nothing quite like waffles in the shape of Texas. Craig was at the bus shop, so Beth and I just hung out in our room; well, actually, I was checking me eyelids for holes, if you know what I mean. Craig came and got us and took us to the shop; Beth left us from there in the van, headed for Little Rock, I think. A bit later, as we were still waiting for the bus to get finished, Uncle Brother Doug came to bring Florence back to us. She’s been with him since Thursday when she got her wisdom teeth out. It was so nice to see them both! As I’ve been reflecting on things, ... read more

Blog 6 October 2007 Still in Buenos Aires and no Iguazu Falls for us unfortunately. We arrived at the domestic airport, having stored most of our luggage at the hostel and were issued boarding passes. This is always a good thing when ‘staff’travelling. We were very excited. I had booked a hostel at Iguazu, it was going to be a quick trip but we would have had enough time to see the Devils Throat, the main big one. Our flight was delayed but we were not too worried at that stage. Then the flight status changed to ‘see agent’ and we found out the Lan staff had gone on strike. We waited for another 3 hours or so and gave up. Bugger. What a waste of a day. Having no accommodation for that night, we phoned ... read more

YES! That was the salutation, top-center, upon opening my college acceptance letter 15 years ago. A pretty happy moment. In fact I was ecstatic. YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is more the way I am feeling as Erin, Cleetus (and Lola-Belle in spirit) and I close up shop in Little Rock. House sold, all goods in storage indefinitely except for a week’s worth of clothes, some good whiskey, and the $9 tin of Old Bay’s, we said good-bye to President Clinton Ave, our close friends, and ten years in the Air Force. Our destination? to wander for a bit, a “walk-about.” It almost felt like a trip to the store where you get a notion, no an urge, to keep driving West and after buying more sundry items than you initially planned, rushing to the car, pausing for a ... read more