I wrote the bulk of this story last fall as Brady was preparing to begin his college career. I saved the draft but never published it. Several things got in the way, so it just sat there. When I first considered writing I thought I’d have to have about twenty stories written before I started …
Author: Robert
700
I started this blog on November 19, 2017, when my friend, Ed, turned 100. My first story was about him. Our lives are a bit different now, but we’re both still moving forward. This is my 700th tale and he’ll be 107 years old in November. A lot of things have changed since that first …
The Italian Chapel
The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel in the Orkney Islands. It was built during World War II by Italian prisoners of war who were housed there. The chapel was constructed from limited materials. The bulk was taken from previously sunken ships. The ships were deliberately sunk by the Scots, and their Italian …
Orkney
The biggest surprise from the cruise was our stop in the Orkney Islands in Scotland. That was our northern most visit. The countryside looks very different there. There aren’t a lot of trees compared to the other ports we visited, but there are several different types of grasses. That’s what I noticed first. We had …
Cork, Ireland
I’d never heard of Cork, Ireland until I saw it on our British Isles itinerary. We left Southampton and had a day at sea before we landed in Cork. We planned an excursion to visit The Blarney Castle. Blarney Castle is now a partial ruin with a few accessible rooms and battlements. At the top …
Next Time
If I ever go to London again, I’m going to the theatre every night. If I had a “do over” from my trip to Europe, that would be it. We went to a single play and saw the irreverent “Book of Mormon”. It’s the kind of play where you either laugh or leave. I laughed. …
Enlighted
I was about eleven when I ran across the word “homosexual” in a book I was reading. I wasn’t familiar with the word, so I asked my mom what it meant. She wanted to know why I asked. “It’s in this book, and I don’t know what it means.” She asked me to read the …
Minstrels Will Sing
A minstrel was an entertainer in medieval Europe. Having just returned from fifteen days in the British Isles, and after exploring several castles, the term was sitting in my brain, when I played in a couple of golf competitions this past week. It originally described any type of entertainer such as a musician, juggler, singer …
Update
When I was approached to sell my book at The Villages Barnes and Noble last spring, I jumped at the chance. Twelve local authors had their books sold for a three-month period. Mine was available April, May and June. We each introduced our works in a public presentation. Six people spoke in April and six …
Tommy
We planned to take the Hop On Hop Off Bus in Liverpool. It worked well for us in London, and we expected the same in our newest city. We found the stop closest to the cruise ship but learned something new as we purchased our tickets. It was twelve pounds for an all-day ticket and …