Cheapest flights

I have such respect for travel agents, and others who have the patience to search out the best possible flights from one place to another. I am going a little nuts as I try to find the cheapest way from Kyiv to Alborg Airport in Denmark. Part of our problem is that we [...]

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Worst nightmare

Actually, I must say that if this is truly my worst nightmare, I am in pretty good shape! But I must also say that this is pretty close.
Jim and I accomplished a lot on Friday before leaving town by overnight train. We pushed ourselves right up to the end to finish a newsletter [...]

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Tuesday in Salisbury

Tuesday morning. We know this home well — and just exactly where to find everything needed to make a perfect cup of coffee. (It requires a certain Lauren to be up if we prefer iced latte in the morning…like her mother gets!) Today is a day to catch up on e-mails, look [...]

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Monday in airports!

Our last morning in Glendale. Drizzly rain. Jim and Kolya finished painting Mom’s patio furniture in the garage. It looked a whole lot better than we arrived.
And Jeanne and I made the trip to Skyline Chili. A Cincinnati favorite. And definitely a tradition for our family. We had eaten [...]

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Sunday in Glendale

Sunday was another glorious day in Glendale. I just love a blue, blue sky with green, green trees. Jeanne, Kolya, Jim and I attended Christ Church Glendale that morning. This is the same church where Jim and I were married (as well as my parents!) and where Jeanne and Anna were baptized. [...]

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Saturday in Glendale

An absolutely glorious day in Glendale. We missed Jamie, the birthday boy, but knew we would see him soon.
Jim, Jeanne, Kolya and I walked down to the Village Square of Glendale. We wanted to go today because the historical museum is open for a few hours today and we wanted Kolya to learn [...]

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Thursday in Glendale

Coffee. And lots of it. Everyone seemed to be on a different schedule. But we would need to synchronize our watches to get everything done today.
One of my dearest friends — she was in my wedding and I was in hers — has a daughter about six months younger than Anna and [...]

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Wednesday in Glendale

An absolutely beautiful day in Glendale, a village with lots of green, green, green. Jim and I took a stroll down to the village square and back following the winding roads past homes containing so much history. Family history at that. We walked past the home where I had my first formal [...]

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Tuesday in Glendale

We woke up before Mom…a miracle, for sure. I guess the fact that she stayed up waiting for us to arrive last night actually had her sleep until a somewhat normal hour of the morning! As soon as we heard her television turn on, we fixed her a big mug of coffee and [...]

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From Sarasota to Glendale, Ohio

Monday, Monday. A gloriously beautiful day. Florida was beginning to turn green following the first rains in weeks. The rain was actually good news for our hosts because their livelihood is cutting grass.
We repacked our suitcases and tossed them in the back of the truck and we all went to see the [...]

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