travel
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Tomatoes, Cheese, and Memories
It’s finally tomato season. This year, I’m growing a variety called Cherokee Purple, which become a deep rose color when ripe. They are glorious. Juicy and delicious. (They have also been resistant to pests and rot, unlike the Better Boys I grew for the past two summers.) I’m eating a lot of tomato and cheese…
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My First Summer as a Grown-up
Twenty years ago at this time, I was in England, studying abroad for the summer in Bath. It was my first time outside the U.S. My flight from Columbus to St. Louis (and then to London) was the first time in my life I’d even flown on a plane. (TWA, and that airline hasn’t…
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Meet The Eggscape Pod!
We picked it up Monday morning in Texas and spent three days/two nights driving it back to Ohio. The first night was at Sunrise RV Park in Texarkana, Arkansas. It’s next to a truck stop and literally right off the freeway, so it’s a great place to spend a night. We had full hook-up and…
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California
I returned yesterday from a week in California – a vacation that was part solo adventuring, part family visit. My brother lives in Vacaville, near Sacramento. I flew in on Saturday the 16th and rented a car. (My layover was in Phoenix, and the flight from Phoenix to Sacramento took us over Las Vegas and…
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Casita Bonita
Three years ago, right around the time my husband retired from the Air Force, we still hadn’t made any firm decisions on what we were going to do post-retirement. I had a good job already, so we considered staying where we were (Annapolis, Maryland). He would either go back to school and finish his degree…
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The Ghosts of Warwick Castle
Fright Nights – Warwick Castle (Warwick, England) August 4-5, 2006 9 pm – 5 am The small group participating in the ghost hunt met in the castle’s café. We were introduced to the Fright Nights team and got an explanation of what they do and what to expect. After this brief introduction, we got a…
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15
My husband and I celebrated 15 years of marriage on October 18. Well, the celebration wasn’t actually on that date. We celebrated our crystal anniversary by doing yard work. After work the following day, we drove nearly an hour away to Yellow Springs, Ohio, for a weekend getaway. Hiking at John Bryan State Park, a…
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A Picture and a Story III
This is Turtleshell Cabin at Sylvania Tree Farm in Lackawaxen, Pennsylvania. I just visited the website and it appears that the cabin is no longer available, which makes me incredibly sad. (Their other cabins are still available, though, and I recommend a stay there if you ever get the chance.) October 2013/2014 For our 10-year…
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A Picture and a Story II
Istanbul, 2005 I was excited to go to Istanbul as part of a tour organized by the Turkish members of the International Women’s Club. (In short, IWC was a spouse’s club for those of us living near the NATO base in Germany.) While Istanbul was not one of the places on my bucket list during…
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A Picture and a Story
I haven’t written anything creatively for several weeks. But to flex my creative muscles, I thought I’d share a photo along with a story. I may do this regularly. I have a lot of photos with back stories to share. Venice, 2006 My friends and I arrived in Venice just in time for Carnevale. That…
Karyn Johnson 