To breathe a Kingdom

To breathe a Kingdom

You’ve probably heard it, too: ‘If these walls could talk.’ In the case of centuries-old buildings, wouldn’t it make fascinating listening/reading if they could tell the stories of the people who inhabited their rooms? If they were residences, the families who lived...
Just around the bend there

Just around the bend there

In the days when cars had wide bench seating in (front and) back, before car seats were mandatory and before seatbelts were a thing, it was a regular occurrence for several kids to be able to fall asleep in the space available to them. The ‘way backs’ in station...
The high road or the low road?

The high road or the low road?

What a huge difference traveling by car as opposed to traveling by air! Air travel is done on an airline’s schedule: flight leaves 6 AM, arrive at airport 4 AM, leave home by 3 AM, get out of bed by 2 AM (or else!), pack carefully to fit in everything that will be...
May I see your ID, please?

May I see your ID, please?

As babies, when 2 AM would roll around, we would wake with an achy empty feeling in our tummies, later to be understood as hunger pangs. Instantly, we would sound the alarm for the servants to come running to relieve us of this dire need. This was done, while totally...
Somebody get a mirror!

Somebody get a mirror!

I’m a reader. I love to read! I always have three or four books I’m reading at a time, plus another several that are piled up waiting for a loving hand to reach out and take them down from the shelf (or pick them up off the floor). Some reading is light, easy, quick....