November 25, 2010
I flew to Athens earlier this month, to meet a college friend who was on a business trip. She was speaking at a medical conference, and I came only for the sightseeing and the food. Her trip was a couple of days, constrained by work obligations on either side. I took the whole week, figuring [...]
April 16, 2010
We had a lovely, wonderful, amazing, restful trip to Hawaii in March. The one thing I noticed, though, was that wireless internet was ubiquitous. Even at our sweet secluded little B&B near Hawaii Volcanoes National Park (Hale Ohia). I suppose the problem isn’t that there was wireless internet, the problem was that I was using [...]
April 12, 2010
On the Big Island in Hawaii is a national park called Pu’uhonua o Honaunau, or the Place of Refuge. The place is special, white sand, black lava stone walls, ki’i figures bearing their teeth at the wind and the water, tall palms swishing their fronds in the wind. There are usually a few sea turtles [...]
October 29, 2008
So, this past weekend we went up north with some friends. It was a brief trip, much too short for the length of the drive, but it was nice to get away, get up north and relax. Breathe in. Breathe out. Appreciate the scenery. Repeat. In the summertime, we share DSL and a wireless router [...]
July 23, 2008
General items: raingear and sturdy shoes binoculars bird identification guide flowering plant field guide trees field guide something to do if it rains (or go to Baadeck Yarns for knitting supplies) For a trip where you’ll have the wherewithal to cook your own dinner: crab/lobster “crackers” to crack the shell (depending on the season: lobster [...]
November 15, 2007
Laap is a savory dish made with ground meat and herbs. It is often found under the salad menu in Thai restaurants, but for me it isn’t a salad – it is a meat dish with a bit more green than usual. The meat can be whatever you want or have on hand (chicken, beef, [...]
not particularly objective musings on odds and ends – Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48105