Sunday we stopped off at Penn’s Landing on the Delaware River in Philadelphia to tour the brand new U.S. Navy ship, the USS John P. Murtha. She was christened on Saturday in honor of the late Pennsylvania congressman and decorated Marine veteran. The ship is huge and from a distance looks like a space-age gray fortress with … More USS Murtha (Not Martha!)
Well, this isn’t quite the upbeat story like my recent blog on the Moshulu. This poor lady, the SS U.S. aka Steam Ship United States, as you can see in the video from last Sunday isn’t looking too good. But hopefully, her saga will end with a happily ever after. She was built in 1952 … More The Sad State of the SS US
Well, she’s not mine, but sometimes I wish I owned such a beautiful ship. And nothing beats dining on one with a view of the water and coastline on a sunny day. Ships and boats were busy running up and down the Delaware just outside our window in Penn’s Landing. We dined on a three-course brunch in … More My Moshulu
Video clip from the Spirit of Philadelphia’s Annual Blues Cruise on 25 Sept 2016: Every year, or at least for the past three years, the Spirit of Philadelphia cruise line offers a blues cruise with lunch on the Delaware River. Last Sunday, my husband, some friends, and I made our annual trek to Penn’s Landing … More Cruising to the Blues On the Delaware
The complete, full article is no longer floating around on the internet, but I found a few professional journals that refer to it. The first part of the article is available on HighBeam Research, and if you are a subscriber you can get the works. (link below). When Internal Auditor Magazine published this, I wasn’t the … More Back When I Ruffled Feathers … Not So Long Ago
Here’s a link to an article I wrote after our 25th wedding anniversary trip. Published in the International Travel News (ITN) magazine. https://www.intltravelnews.com/2013/08/celebrating-anniversary-amazon-adventure
So much more to it than just writing down the stories in your head. A whole business side – like creating a website – that wasn’t part of my plan. But here I am, and here I go. And who knows? It might be fun and addicting in some strange diary to the internet way. … More Novel Writing & The Novelty of It
