Have a Nice Day, but seriously…

Have a nice day, but seriously... Fuck Cars!  (As they pass by in the background in a more or less …

The Plague Doctor

Running out of time again, so this is a placeholder for a story of others running out of time. When…

Hmmmm?

Something about this captivated me as the bus I was on from Vienna neared the arrival station in Pr…

PSAs on the WCs

Austrian Alps

Sunset after a day of hiking. We rode the Rax Seilbahn up the mountain and hiked from there. The tr…

Sylvia Plath - a plea for humanity in leadership?

Sylvia Plath was an American poet and writer who died in 1963.  I first became familiar with her wh…

Who?

Who is peering out at me as I relax on a bench on a park along the lovey green Danube? Ah, there she…

What can never be

Tears stung my eyes when I came upon these hollyhocks today. Courtesy, I suppose of Danu, the godde…

Things to do on a Hot Day in Vienna

Swim in the Danube. We were returning home on the U-bahn here after swimming, dancing at a Green Pa…

U-bahn

Public transportation in Vienna is prompt, clean, simple and for the most part, quite elegant. Late…