When I picked up the mail and my packages this afternoon, my heart skipped a beat when I saw that I had received a parcel from my dear friend, Joan Ishibashi, about whom I’ve written several posts on this blog. Joan was my son’s Confirmation teacher back in the day, and served as the Executive… Read More Early Christmas present!
It was bad enough that the total flying time from Honolulu to London was 15 hours, plus a 2-1/2 hour layover in San Francisco. On Thursday morning, I got up at 5:00 am to be ready for a morning flight to SFO, and arrived the next day about 1:00 pm London time—watching two movies and… Read More Sleepless in the U.K.
A hearty farmhouse breakfast After a HUGE breakfast at the Tregellist Farm, we were picked up by Jon of Cornwall Tours for a scheduled eight hours-long custom tour of the Cornwall countryside. But first—we ran into a Cornwall traffic jam! Our first stop was Port Isaac aka Portwenn, the fictional village in the television show,… Read More Spectacular scenery in Cornwall