You never know where I will end
up in my quest of trying new things! I
must admit that even I did not expect this one, but recently I had the opportunity to ride up in a cherry
picker used by the utility companies. My blog inspiration book, Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book recommends,
“Look –up” and that’s just what I did on
this day.
A way to survive the empty nest and a "cracked "relationship with a fun daily challenge of new experiences, reflections, sources, and some biblical guidance. I hope this blog which offers a fun journey to survive by trying something new, either vicariously or by doing, will result in a survival tool kit to replace the past familiar doing, giving, and/or incorporating the interest of your child or your long gone love interest, with some new self interest(s).
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Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Thursday, July 23, 2015
Day 126 A Day with the Stars, Hollywood Wax Museum, SC
Elves at the dinner |
Having an “unusual
sense of humor” is a characteristic of a
self-actualized person according to the psychologist, Maslow, and that is just what you need to
enjoy a silly wax museum. It’s pure “cheesy” fun. My son and my friends did this
in South Carolina as we searched the Hollywood Wax Museum for the most real looking figure and as we took a lot
of ridiculous pictures.
Monday, July 20, 2015
Day 125 South Carolina, Ocean fishing
I have had very little fishing experience. The few times that I went my son was very little
and I only went if I had someone to put
the worm on the hook. Last year, I fished in a man-
made lake behind my girlfriend’s house
(see day 46-Fishing ) and she put the worm on the hook. Looking for a new mother/son experience, I was willing to try deep sea fishing though I
am plagued with motion sickness. So I
took my motion sickness pill and we chartered a boat in South Carolina, for a “big fish adventure."
Friday, July 10, 2015
Day 124 Washington DC National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art |
By far my favorite Museum in Washington DC was the National Gallery of Art. The more art that I experience the more that I discover what kind of art that I enjoy.
Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Day 123 Washington DC History Museums
Dorthy's ruby slippers |
It is a known fact that I love museums (see blog Day 4 ). So to be in the
midst of so many FREE Smithsonian Museums was my heaven on earth! On our 25,000 step day we perused two (2)
history museums; The American History and
Natural History, two (2) art museums; The National Gallery of Art and
American Art & National Portrait Gallery and finally, the Air and Space
Museum. Everyone was on museum overload
except me. If it wasn’t for my foot cramps, my pounding legs, and my backache, I
would have continued until they closed
at 7.30 pm. This blog is about the two history
museums.
Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Day 122 Washington DC War Memorials
WWII Memorial |
As noted in (Day 121-Washington DC) quite a
few memorials have been erected since my last visit to DC. Today
was a visit to the Washington DC War Memorials which was a moving experience when you take the time
to reflect about all the lives that they
honor and the history behind each one.
Monday, July 6, 2015
Day 121 Washington DC
Vote for me? |
I had a blog hiatus because I was walking (and I mean 25,000 steps of walking confirmed by my friends' techie watches), though
Washington DC over the 4th of July weekend. I can’t think of a better way to “be patriotic,” as my blog inspiration, Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little
Golden Book, suggests, than to visit DC. I have not been to DC in over twenty five (25)
years so seeing many of the monuments were new experiences and this time I went with new friends, thus experiencing a British
perspective on the federal district.