Positive vibes indeed.

Whenever I travel, I try and regularly check the daily news in The Forum online (InForum). Glancing over the InForum site daily is the way that I stay grounded in the sensibilities of home. Today I read a heartwarming story of a girl's commitment to her blind horse.  The horse is a 23-year-old show horse registered as [...]

There is always a rainbow…

We (Oprah and Gayle, a.k.a. Noah and I) are waylaid in Syracuse for two days.  The doctor wanted Noah to stay close to the hospital to ensure that they have a handle on the situation. The doctor was concerned about bronchial closure.  Apparently the situation was so bad that it was starting to affect his ability [...]

Dizziness, hives, and full bladders – oh my!

I am writing my blog today from the Syracuse VA Medical Center.  I am here because my son Noah had to go to the emergency room to try to get some help for what has grown into one of the most prolific and severe cases  of hives I have ever seen.  I qualify that the hives diagnosis [...]

Oprah and Gayle’s Big Canadian Adventure – Part Deux

Oprah and Gayle's Big Canadian Adventure - Part Deux - is finally officially afoot.  We escaped Detroit and made our way to Syracuse and then our end destination of Wakefield, Canada (in the province of Quebec). Oprah and Gayle's Big Canadian Adventure - Part Deux - is finally officially afoot. We escaped Detroit by making our [...]

The pinnacle of an epic fail…

We (Noah and me) are still in Detroit.  We arrived here at 11 AM yesterday via a Delta flight and were supposed to fly to Syracuse via Delta's partner - Pinnacle Airlines.  It seems that Pinnacle Airlines decided to switch over to a new computer system yesterday - a system that manages things such as routes, [...]

The North Dakota Way…

I abhor political campaign ads, so I tend to ignore them.  However, there is a rare exception that strikes me in a way that I give it some of my attention. Case-in-point, Rick Berg's ad that features four older ladies at a diner lamenting that Heidi Heitkamp can't be trusted because of things she has said and [...]