welcome
° Time to think about cruising on San Francisco Bay
° A favorite walk through San Francisco
° Thinking of A Cruise? Read about Windstar
° More thoughts about Timeshares . . . this one through Hilton.
° My never ending thoughts on LITTER!
The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
Jimmy Buffet's song "Changes in Latitude, Changes in Attitude" is
an important part of our family philosophy. Travel opens one's heart and mind
to all there is and all that is possible.
Millions of us have ancestors that travelled, some that had to travel seeking opportunity or escaping danger.
The first Americans probably crossed the Bering Straits thousands
of years ago, and seafaring nations have reached these shores since at least the 1400s.
This site is dedicated to these world wanderers and to you with the hope that you will also visit every wonderful country in the world and that by so doing, you will become active in trying to preserve the beauty that surrounds us, most of which is more that decoration, it is also necessary to sustain all life.
Please, if you have not found your "place" in life yet, that which gives you meaning, consider donating time to environmental issues. If this is a new concept for you . . . perhaps you have not had time in the past to consider how you can make a difference . . . simply start by bringing your own bags to the grocery store as you shop. You would do so in most other countries. America is one of the few that hands out plastic and paper as though it does not make a difference. If you are already bringing your own bags, perhaps you notice something else amiss that you could give time to resolve. So much is needed to keep our planet healthy.
I actually did not get on my "cigarette bandwagon" until visiting ancient preserved ruins in Greece and Turkey. I was stunned by the volume of cigarette butts on the ground in these extraordinary places that have weathered all invastions for hundreds or thousands of years. I came home and read about what these poisonous cast-offs are doing to our waterways. 278 trillion butts per year into our waterways; the carcinogents in 100 used filters will kill an adult human. Cancer is on the rise everywhere. Is there a correlation? Beyond that, even if they were benign, why do so many people think it's just fine to throw trash anywhere they wish? I do not understand that lazy slobbish attitude. Were so many people truly brought up to think that tossing garbage on the street or into a stream or the ocean is just fine?
Reading departure signs in some big airport