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Travel, food and wine, life, health, and the occasional sermon on perspective. Here is the latest – read the rest here.
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Wino Journal
Stories, logs, and blogs on moving on from a life of work and routine.
Early Retirement Ideal vs Real
What I want my days in pandemic-time self-imposed Mexican exile (Mexile?) to look like, versus what they actually end up being.
Leaving 55 in 2020
2020 will probably be one of the, if not the, most significant years of my life. This was the year I had been waiting for; the year I was planning to retire. What a year it’s been. 2020 kicked off with me suffering from and recovering from a pretty severe...
Adventure
Stories, logs, and blogs on our pilgrim journeys as we grab our backpacks (and a wine key) and walk through Italy, Scotland, Spain, and the great wine regions of the world – including New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and Argentina, to name a few.
Pilgrim Journal – Not Every Day Is Fabulous
Everything is wonderful, inspiring, and fabulous…until you wake up on the wrong side of the world and it suddenly isn’t.
Pilgrim Journal – Today I Found My Soul
Who knew it was in Switzerland?
Another Useless Travel Blog – Rovinj
Make no mistake, I would hang out in Rovinj any day, and for a quick weekend on the beach or week at a resort, it’s top notch. It’s a really cool town to wander through. The history is incredible, the food is more than okay, and there is no way to not have a good time.
On Youth, Passports, and Consulates
Yeah, we had to visit a consulate to check a passport, but more noteworthy part was the encounter with the other American tourists while waiting in the secure seating area outside the consulate functional area, namely two lovely and young American girls.
No substitutions, please.
Hi. Yes, I’m ready to order. I’d like your double-cut pork chop with apple sauce, but instead of the braised cabbage, I’d like steamed broccoli. And, rather than the shredded potatoes, may I have a house salad with ranch dressing on the side?...
How To Wine and Cheese
The best way to demonstrate the beauty of wine and cheese is to invite some friends and throw a wine-and-cheese tasting. Now, most people do this all backwards. They read about mixing cheeses from cows, sheep and goats and adding a selection that ranges from soft to hard, new world to old and fresh to aged.