“I had been told that a local fairy creature in Japan was the Tanooki so I should look for him.  That was a good thing because the tourist places didn’t mention him.  This is what I was told:  Tanooki is…

From a distance, it looked like an Alice in Wonderland playing card was looking in my direction.  Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland was a bit unnerving, but I liked playing cards.  Before first grade, my Aunt Ann had taught me how to…

As I’ve mentioned, Acadia National Park (a.k.a. Bar Harbor or Mount Desert Island) is one of my favorite summertime destinations.  One time… I was exhausted but sleep would not come.  Perhaps I was getting too old for a tent.  I kept…

Red Kangaroos are the largest.  Gray Kangaroos are the most social.  They are all vegetarians.   I like to watch these athletes hop. “A male kangaroo can leap to lengths of close to 30 feet and at a height of…

It must be time for another trip. She has found me, swept my insides and finally washed off the muck from the last trip. Look at that pile of stuff on the floor. There is no way all that is going…