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Before Facebook: Postcards from days gone by

Oct 20, 2016

Once upon a time, travelers used to send postcards back to friends and family. Searching through a trunk of photos and mementos recently, I found a stash of old postcards….

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A Dozen (or more) Reasons TO Travel!

Oct 14, 2016

  Last week I wrote about a bunch of reasons why some people should NOT travel. International travel, in particular, requires fortitude, patience, flexibility and open-mindedness. Plus, an innate curiosity…

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Every Picture Tells A Story

Sep 23, 2016

Last week’s Sunday Travel section of the LA Times featured their annual Summer Vacation Photo spread. I always wonder how the editors make their selections from among the many hundreds,…

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The best-laid plans…

Mar 10, 2017

We were headed to the village of Imlil, high in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco. We’d been on the road for about 90 minutes, traveling from Marrakech in a convoy…

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Littles – A Cat’s Tale

Jul 1, 2016

Littles doesn’t like to travel. Or so says Ashley, who is prone to ever-so-slight exaggeration. According to her, Littles – her cat – defecates (shits) every time she takes him…

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It was the summer of…. ’87?

Jun 24, 2016

By the time you read this on Friday morning, I’ll be on an airplane to deliver a travel-phobic, strongly-sedated black cat named “Littles” to my step-daughter who recently moved to…

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A Memorial Weekend of Murphy Memories

Jun 3, 2016

I finished! I finally hit the “publish” button at 1:11pm on May 31st. No – not on my long-promised memoir, but on a photo book I promised to create for…

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This man really, really loves his country – and wants to share it with you

Jan 8, 2016

This week’s subject is one of my favorites. Ireland. The dilemma? What can I write that can possibly capture the essence, the spirit, the completely lovable, affable place that is…

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How do you count your countries?

Sep 7, 2020

updated Sept 7, 2020 NOTE:  This blog was originally published on July 24, 2015. If a “country” is defined as a United Nations Member State with voting privileges, there are 193….

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How do you count your countries?

Jul 24, 2015

originally published July 24, 2015 What exactly is a “country” anyway? People always ask me, “How many countries have I visited?” I’ve kept a spreadsheet for a couple of years…

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A day-and-a-half in my life …

May 1, 2015

  Sometimes I amaze myself. . . . There was a 36-hour period last weekend which was pretty interesting, to say the least. Here’s a chronology of events: (AUTHOR’S NOTE:…

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Love Letters Lost?

Feb 13, 2015

It’s February 13. You know what that means! Hearts and roses and romance everywhere. Obviously, I should write this blog post on the subject … about how the freedom, joy…

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Diary of “Favorite Aunt Marilyn” – Part 2

Aug 8, 2014

Two weeks ago, I posted a story about the impending visit of my two young nieces from Michigan, with their “wish list” of things to do on their all-expenses paid,…

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Fizzies & Fartless Baked Beans (Re-Visited)

Jul 2, 2014

NOTE:  I’m in the process of (finally) writing my long-promised book! As such, I’ve been doing a lot of digging into old memories. This story was published six years ago…

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New Year, New Resolve.

Jan 2, 2014

I’m going public with my intentions for 2014… Not very original, but one thing I’m doing different is going public (gulp!) with some of my intentions. My good friend, Jack…

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