Life Is Good! Wake Up and Get Working
I can’t remember a time when I felt more energized and happy to be back in my office working. I think it has to do with the contrast from the previous few weeks when I was laid up with that leg infection. Everything I tried to do was awful, so […]
Bristol, England, Looks Back and Ahead
I had lunch with Martin Booth, the editor of the Bristol news, arts and lifestyle magazine B/247 today at a fish and chips joint called Salt and Malt. Nice simple food, well done and gluten-free batter. I asked him what a few of the topics were that people are talking […]
Sidmouth and Seaton, Twin Jurassic Coast Towns
I spent today wandering around two seaside towns on the southern coast of England. I took my time, absorbed the local history, and met local shop keeps and others who shared a bit about Seaton and Sidmouth. My original plan to walk ten miles on the Southwest Coast Path was […]
Speed Networking: Bloggers, Travel Pros Meet
How do you meet dozens of people in the space of just 90 minutes? In our industry, we call it speed networking, or, as some mistakenly refer to it, ‘speed dating.’ It’s where a group of 120 digital influencers (not sure I like that term, but…) gather in a big […]
World Travel Market 2017: Meeting the Movers
I arrived jet-lagged but ready to face the 9000 travel professionals who descend upon London’s Excel Center yesterday, the opening day of World Travel Market. This event is unlike any other in that there are no consumers—it’s only travel people, and boy there are a lot of booths to visit […]
A Widow’s Comment Reminds Me of Why I Blog
No matter what you do in life, your blog lives on. I realized that today, as I have many times, when I got a comment from the wife of a classmate from NMH, Tim Carroll, who passed away in July 2011. It was nice to read comments that my words […]
The Side Effects of Antibiotics
For the past eight days, I’ve been living in what feels like a twilight zone. I got an infection in my upper leg, which caused swelling and discomfort and had to have it attacked by strong antibiotics. If you take these powerful pills for a week, you begin to feel […]
Can’t I Just Stay 59 Forever?
Another birthday has come and gone. I think all in all, it was pretty darn good. I don’t know about you, but I am always a bit uncomfortable with a lot of hoopla over birthdays. I know that people really do enjoy knowing that day has come, and I was […]