Monthly Archives: April 2025

Alive Day – April 7

Posted on April 30, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! Every year on April 7th I celebrate my Alive Day. April 7th in 2018 is the day I should have died in an auto accident on I-90 east of Seattle. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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The Many Colors of Sunrise on Puget Sound

Posted on April 29, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! We are blessed with an eastward facing home that looks over the Puget Sound towards Seattle. As the earth turns, each morning I see the sun move on its seasonal journey venturing … Continue reading →

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A History Lesson at Chateau Franc Mayne

Posted on April 28, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! On our visit to France in Fall 2024, we wanted to experience both the right and left bank wine Chateaus of Bordeaux. We sought recommendations from our host Valentino at Chateau Tanesse … Continue reading →

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Foot Ferry “Ueli” in Basel

Posted on April 27, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! Living on Bainbridge Island, we travel by Washington State Ferries several times a week. Over the years, we’ve travelled on many different types of ferries, including the tiny Wheatland Ferry in Oregon. … Continue reading →

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Proving a Memory – The Masters Tournament

Posted on April 26, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! I love the Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National Golf Course. Every year, I eagerly watch and listen to Jim Nance describe “a tradition unlike any other.” I scramble to find some … Continue reading →

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Courting by Flute

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! After taking several photos of Horseshoe Bend near Page, AZ, I was ready for a craft beer. Consulting Google Maps I found that Grand Canyon Brewery had a restaurant nearby. I settled … Continue reading →

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Touring the West and Southwest United States

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! During the February gray, cold, rainy season in Seattle, I had enough. I had to go find some sun and 80 degree weather. At this time of year, about the only place … Continue reading →

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Planning a Trip versus the Synchronicity of Travelling

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the coup in the United States! Vote! Resist! Persist! I am planning our next trip to Europe – our fifth in the last four years. I never realized how much harder it is to plan a lengthy leisure trip … Continue reading →

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Why I/We Travel – Part 2

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Skip Walter

Stop the Coup in the United States! In a previous post I shared that I travel to experience the colors of a new/old country and the movement and colors of their cultures.  Recently, Maria Popova shared a post “Goethe on … Continue reading →

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Rainbows

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Skip Walter

Yesterday a rainbow appeared in a place we’ve never seen one before – behind a tall tree on our island’s bluff. A very long time ago a colleague gave me one of my favorite images – Building a rainbow. It … Continue reading →

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