LJ may pull this post; I don't know if recommending overseas hostelries and eateries is verboten or not. I have been in England and Ireland a few times over the years, and today I came across a few business cards of B&B's and a country inn that I liked. The three B&B's are

• Lackan Lodge, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford, Ireland; (043)71299
• Killamaster ( Read more... )

While I was chatting on the phone last night, the wind outside was blowing quite dramatically. This morning, there is a plastic bag caught in the high branches of the tree outside my windows. Now, normally, I'd consider that an eyesore; and it is, essentially. However, my years as a world traveler seem to have given me a reference to almost ( Read more... )

Apparently, a lot of people like their bread fluffy. I definitely don't. I want a slice of bread that can hold its own against almost anything I care to spread on it; make mine dense. The other day, I bought two loaves of bread at a national chain of eateries that has the word "bread" in its corporate name, thinking that they would have some body ( Read more... )

It is hard both to realize how recently I was a world traveler and to accept being limited, pretty much, to travel by car and within the area of a few nearby states. This "deprivation" is on my mind more often than would be expected. From 1965 to 2000, my identity was tied up intimately with my travels; as then, I would still rather travel than to ( Read more... )