Categotry Archives: Thursday Thirteen
Last Weekend
I had the slickest 4th of July celebration this year. The family packed into a car, went down to the mall where the fireworks were going to be lit with hardly any traffic between, found a spot in a packed lot in less than fifteen minutes, and got out of the car just as the first fireworks hit the sky. We didn’t bother hiking the few yards to the main seating, which was just part of the parking lot anyway. […]
Time For a Hip Replacement
You know it’s time for a full hip replacement when: 1. The fake hip is no longer strong enough to make up for the arthritic side. 2. You can’t dance anymnore. 3. You’re husband puts your health insurance at risk. 4. The pain goes all the way to the knee. 5. Losing weight doesn’t seem to make a difference. 6. The hip pain interferes with the exercise program. 7. The elliptical machine no longer helps. 8. You walk slower than […]
Greenland
The names Greenland and Iceland are both all about deception. When the Vikings named Iceland, they wanted to keep people away from their fertile new lands. On the other hand, when Eric the Red got kicked out of Iceland, he wanted to take as many people along with him as he could. So he called the next big island over “Greenland” to lure people. So it should be no surprise that Iceland is a lush, green, beautiful place with an […]
Tasiilaq in Greenland
We arrived by helicopter to Ammkassalik, which turned out to be a little bigger than Kulusuk, if harder to reach. It’s Greenland’s largest city with a population of 1,900.
Last Full Day in Iceland
In the morning we visited The Blue Lagoon, which is a huge hot spring favored by tourists. Local developers had built up various features, including a two story building housing restaurants, bars, meeting rooms, and office facilities as well as changing/shower rooms. In the lagoon itself there was a built in water fall, snaking “river” with bridges and a “beauty bar” where you could buy mud masks. The swim up beer bar was still under construction. I swam/walked the whole […]
National Museum of Iceland
When I think back on it, I’m surprised to realize that I walked through two or three times as many traditional museums in Mongolia than I did in Iceland. This was the only modern building called a museum that we went through in Iceland.
Haircut
I chopped it all off – about 20 inches of hair. Now I have what The Girl calls “an old lady afro.” These are times when I notice the difference. 1. For the first hour I was so light headed I thought I’d pass out. 2. When I turn my head fast. 3. When I glance in a mirror I have to stop and convince myself it’s really me.
MP3 Player
One of my bloggy buddies got me thinking about what I had on my MP3 player when I was traveling around in Indonesia. I had about 16 gigabytes of music. Here’s a sample: I carry the complete discography of AfroCelts with me at all times.
1m30s with ASTÉRION THE MINOTAUR
It’s a production put on by a theater group out of France. The do a parade kind of thing in various metropolitan type cities around the world. Sometimes includes a giant spider.
Halloween on Tumblr
The Girl had been pushing me to hang out on Tumblr.com. Not really my thing, but I found some fun stuff.
Iceland Day 10
We started the day with the florist’s greenhouses. From there we went river rafting on the Hvita glacial river. It was mayhem as we all suited up in wet suits and life jackets that they provided. They bused us in from their headquarters to their choice of get-ins, a choice determined primarily by which way the winds were blowing. They were blowing strong enough to lift a raft when we arrived, but not so much as to push us up […]
