Author Archives: Skip Walter

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About Skip Walter

Retired software executive, ardent book reader. Enjoying slow travel, learning to cook, and searching for fine wine growing. Grandfather, husband, father, brother. Recorder of Seattle sunrises. Voting blue.💙

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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Sommelier Wine Tour in Barolo

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Skip Walter

After a delightful morning in Barbaresco and a refreshing lunch in Serralunga d’Alba, it was time to reconnect with our OneOnTheHill Somm team for a visit to a Barolo winery. We wandered through the streets of this Barolo hill top village … Continue reading →

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Sommelier Wine Tour in Barbaresco

Posted on January 8, 2024 by Skip Walter

As part of planning a trip to the Piedmont and Tuscany areas of Italy in October 2023, I came across OneontheHill Homes. I reached out to Chiara to find out about the homes. They all looked inviting but were outside of my … Continue reading →

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AI Video Generator

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Skip Walter

I am a sucker for AI art generation whether photos, or paintings or videos. Today’s Product Hunt pointed to a Free AI Video Generator by Collov. I could not resist. I just had to try it. The prompt I used was … Continue reading →

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Slow Food Cooking in San Gimignano

Posted on January 5, 2024 by Skip Walter

As we sipped a Borgogno Barolo on the outdoor patio of our room at Agriturismo Il Casolare di Bucciano outside of San Gimignano, we got around to discussing what we wanted to do for dinner. I pulled up Google maps … Continue reading →

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Experiencing an old Barolo Winery

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Skip Walter

On our recent trip to Italy, we tried to visit all the primary wine villages of the Barolo and Barbaresco wine regions. On our first visit to the village of Barolo, we came across the crushing of grapes on a narrow … Continue reading →

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