There and Back Again

Pondering: Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. (Mark Twain)
Another trip over. Another set of pictures to print and put together in a scrapbook in an effort to capture every moment and time in this very wonderful trip. I truly had a fantastic time. [...]

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Pondering: It hurts to find out that what you wanted doesn’t match what you dreamed it would be. (Randy K. Milholland)
We said goodbye to Killarney this morning and my heart is sad. It was a magnificent town; very charming and memorable. The Ring of Kerry trip was worth all the cost and the [...]

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Pondering: There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen. (Sean O’Faolain)
This is our last night in Killarney (Cill Airne in Gaelic, meaning Church of the Sloes). The B&B we are staying in is not the most [...]

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Pondering: On Pembroke road look out for my ghost, dishevelled with shoes untied, playing through the railings with little children whose children have long since died. (Patrick Kavanagh)
We sure did a lot today - stopped at a lot of picturesque places as our bus drove around the Ring of Kerry. The Ring of Kerry [...]

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Pondering: Everybody likes to go their own way–to choose their own time and manner of devotion. (Jane Austen)
One of our many stops today was St. Colman’s Cathedral in Cobh, Co. Cork, Ireland. My sister and I went inside the cathedral to have a look at the altar, the windows and the overall architecture. [...]

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Pondering: Think you’re escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. (James Joyce)
I’m on board a train to County Cork, Ireland. This is hour one of a 3-hour train ride. Once there, my sister Myra and I are joining a tour to visit the Blarney Castle and kiss [...]

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Pondering: Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn’t mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar. (Edward R. Murrow)

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Song in my head: Your Love (Kylie Minogue)
Pondering: War will never cease until babies begin to come into the world with larger cerebrums and smaller adrenal glands. (H. L. Mencken)
I am here in Las Vegas tonight for a conference. My officemate, Jennifer and I arrived around 6 PM. After unpacking our stuff, we [...]

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Listening to: Why Do All Good Things Come To An End (Nelly Furtado)
Pondering: Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it comes, will only be a small outward confirmation of what has been accomplished within me from day to day. (Etty [...]

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Listening to: Coldplay’s cover of Hunting High and Low (A-ha)
Pondering: You don’t have to be a rock star - if you don’t like the situation you’re in, you don’t have to settle for it. (Macy Gray)
The good thing about today is Hampstead Heath.

This is probably the most beautiful park I have ever been to. [...]

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