The fog. That would be my brain fog. As I think I mentioned, the last month, really 2 months in Charlotte were just so hectic and so many...

At the outset, I’ll say we’ve only gone to a total of 3 meet-ups between 2 different options. What seems to be true, so far, is that the...

Yesterday (1/18/2025) late afternoon just beyond the Faro marina As previously mentioned, all current orders have been delivered or...

Wednesday night we went to the Faro “Language Exchange”. Similar to the meet-up in Olhão, this was at a nice place called Columbus...

It’s almost 5pm on Wednesday here. I’m sitting in lovely sunshine. The temperature is 60F. Way warmer than in Charlotte today. It’s...

Ola! Snips and Cuts was the name of my high school yearbook. This post is going to be mainly answering questions or other things (snips...

Today is a momentous day. We have been living in Portugal for one month . I suppose, we’re the only ones that think this is true, since...

I tried to catch things up a bit, but, of course, was not entirely successful. So much is rolling around in my head. Today, Monday...

I hate this about myself. I've kept journals, especially travel journals for a long, long time. But I always weary of it and stop. Then...

3/11/2023 Scouting trip #2 I know I haven’t written anything for some time, but I have been reading and planning. I decided a little...

The Portugal News started popping up on my phone while we were there, and I’ve continued to read it some since coming back. Today I saw...

We had a UNC professor and a John’s Hopkins professor on the trip. Both gave a couple of lectures about both Portugal and Spain. Also,...

Hi all, I’m really sorry I haven’t written more from here in Portugal. While we were on the UNC tour, they kept us busy, busy, busy!...

I could so use something salty right now. There has been so much SWEET, but with an appalling lack of CHOCOLATE. There has been a little...

Last Wednesday morning (Sept 7) I spent an hour talking with Deborah Dehab. I took her webinar course, “How to Prepare Your Scouting Trip...

We have two dogs. Pup 1 is Lola, a boxer mix, who turned 10 in January 2022. Pup 2 is Bitsy, a pittie mix, who just turned 10 in August....

How does one start researching a place they may want to retire to? Google, right? Obviously. Actually, first I received a brochure from...

Hidey ho there, neighbors! I was never a big fan of Tool Time Tim, but I did like the only-seen-from-the eyebrows-up neighbor ,Wilson. My...