I Write Like L. Frank Baum

I write likeL. Frank Baum I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! Funny! I discovered this website “I Write Like” thanks to blogging friend Karen. You paste a section of your writing into the applet, which then analyzes your writing style and compares it with other authors. I got L. Frank [...]

Learn to be Hospitable

To some, hospitality comes naturally. Others by necessity must be trained, haha. I think one of the worst experiences one can have while traveling is dealing with people in the travel and transportation industry who exhibit obvious lack of hospitality skills. I’m sure you know exactly what I mean. The airplane or hotel can have [...]

Central Leatherstocking Region Name Changed to “Central New York”: My Opinion

It’s official. The unifying regional name for Oneida, Madison, Chenango, Broome, Otsego, Schoharie, and Montgomery counties– Central Leatherstocking region– has been changed by the New York Legislature to “Central New York.” Sure, Central New York is more efficient, more economical, more utilitarian, but this is what makes the changeover sad. Who knew what “leatherstocking” referred [...]

The Spotlight is on New York Traveler!

Hey! I’ve been interviewed by Road Trip Journal! If you’ve ever wondered about the lady behind the stories here (that’s me!), check out the interview. Road Trip Journal is an awesome site, too!

Batten Down the Hatches

We’ve finally seen some winter weather in Upstate New York. I’ve been hearing reports of an impending Nor’easter or some such Atlantic storm chugging our way. Please drive safely! Slow down when the roads are snowy! Maybe this photo will help, lol. see more Epic Fails Many thanks to all of you who left comments [...]

Northern Hospitality

I saw this somewhere and it make me laugh. And I cried, too. lol We may as well adhere “Kick Me” signs on the backs of all the residents here; that’s what the NY government and excessive regulation is doing to us, anyway. No wonder NYers are so grouchy…

It Was Only 53 Years Ago!

I saw this somewhere and just have to pass it along, for posterity’s sake! ‘I never thought I’d see the day all our kitchen appliances would be electric. They are even making electric typewriters now.’ ‘It’s too bad things are so tough nowadays. I see where a few married women are having to work to [...]

Don’t Forget the Archives

Due to all sorts of things going on around here, we haven’t done much traveling. BUT I want to give you a freindly reminder that I have a ton of content in our Travel Archives. I’ve arranged our trips by county. And I also have a Google map of all the places we’ve been. It’s [...]

Travel Quotes

I love quotes. Winston Churchill had once said that reading quotes was an excellent pastime for an uneducated man, lol. Here are some of my favorite quotes on travel! Just get on any major highway, and eventually it will dead-end in a Disney parking area large enough to have its own climate, populated by large [...]

The Lost Boys

No, I didn’t get lost again! This is about an incredible movie we recently saw, God Grew Tired of Us. It chronicles the heart-wrending, stomach-turning, mind-blowing journey of the Lost Boys of Sudan. These boys were the last remnants of a mainly African Christian people, systematically being wiped out by African Muslims in a vicious [...]

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