Things Are Not Always Clear At The Time
A year ago a friend and I arrived at Dublin Airport in Ireland and looked to meet up with our driver Ted, our navigator for the next 10 days, as…
Away for Christmas and New Year 2017-2018
And just like that ... there it was, the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, France across from the park my son and I were walking in on a gloomy, damp January…
Something Old is New Again
We often press forward,crossing items off of the proverbial "bucket list", reaching for the next level in our fitness, clearing out those numerous e-mails before we leave our desk, learning…
Pull Up a Chair
In the busy outside interactions of summer in the city, it's often difficult to find a place of retreat, where one can stand back and observe what moments…
We All Come From Somewhere We Consider Home
The place we currently live may or not be where our heart considers home. I was born in Northwest Germany within a mile or so of the North Sea. When I…
Welcome
We are used to seeing things in certain ways that help us recognize familiarity. Putting letters of…
Visiting Home
You can't go home again but you can sure visit a place that you came from, finding there a familiarity that…
It Will Find Me
©2004 IBKimage My mom died earlier this year and as we approach the first anniversary of her death I am reminded how much she loved flowers and instilled that…