#travel
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I’m back. Maybe.
It’s been a long time since my last post. I debated whether to even keep this blog, and I let the paid account expire. I just haven’t been in the proper mindset to regularly update. But I’m here now. So let me see if I can catch you up. Shortly after my last post, I…
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Life lately
I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers. L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables October is here, and I hope we have a healthy month ahead. August and September were challenging. I went to the hospital twice — to the ER for a sprained wrist in early August, and for a…
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Vacation 2023
It’s been some time since my last update, and I have a lot to share. I suppose I’ll start with our vacation. We took our camper up to Thompson, Ohio — located in Geauga County between Cleveland and Erie, Pennsylvania. We stayed at the Thompson/Grand River Valley KOA Holiday. We usually like to stay at…
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Here comes the sun
Despite the chilly start to the month, May is warming up nicely. And the garden is responding. I’m doing my veggie garden in containers this year since the raised beds are dismantled and we still need to clean up that entire area. But grow bags and 7-gallon pots are working quite well. I have Yukon…
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A Quick Trip to Cleveland and Tudor England
My mom and I got back yesterday from a mini vacation. We drove up to Northeast Ohio to stay at my aunt and uncle’s house in Lake County, just east of Cleveland. Our main reason for going was to visit the Cleveland Museum of Art to see The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England.…
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A Memory from the Emerald Isle
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, which stirred up a particular memory from Dublin, Ireland — a brief moment, an interaction with a complete stranger — that stuck with me all these years. In the summer of 1999, I was among a group of Ohio State English majors studying British and Irish literature at Bath Spa University…
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A Hankering for Pancakes
It’s Throwback Thursday, so I am going to share this little travel narrative I wrote in October 2005 after a day trip to the quaint village of Thorn in The Netherlands. And by pancakes, I mean pannenkoek — a Dutch pancake that is about the size of a dinner plate and just a bit thicker…
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Exciting Update!
I mentioned recently that in addition to launching my writing and editing business this year, I also joined Fora as a travel advisor. I finished my certification training last week and took the test. Got the results today. Click the image below if I can help you plan and book your next vacation. You can…
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Busy, busy
It’s November, and yet it feels like September. Our temperatures for the foreseeable future are going to stay well above average. This gives us more time to get the work done outside that needs to be done before winter. And I’m still harvesting seeds from the zinnias and calendula. Additionally, my writing/editing work is starting…
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Blast from the past: Ancient Aachen
I’m looking through some of my old travel writing — stuff I wrote when I was living in Germany. I’m sharing this article about Aachen, a place I visited frequently. This was a commissioned piece, though it was never published. Long story. I must confess that I just did some copyediting on this. I wrote…
Karyn Johnson 