up in the air....

ok, so....since i cannot remember the last time i blogged, i should be asking for both forgiveness and understanding....thanks.......we signed up for netflix this week.....a huge move for us in that we skipped cable and satellite entirely as media options......and since we have signed on we have only watched a single dvd- Up in the Air with George Clooney...more on George later......the best part about Netflix is the streaming.....I have watched 7 episodes of The Tudors, mostly walking on the treadmill.....wow!...despite the historical inaccuracies .....I have been enanamored of HVIII since PBS showed the Six Wives of Henry VIII in the 70's.......and after every viewed episode this week I feverishly research the accuracy....which has already been researched by Wikipedia.......saves time.....but I digress from George.....I am distressed that it was not George but the female lead who was un-truthful.....though she never actually lied about having a husband and children....she never corrected our assumption that she did not......and George seemed so very lonely as he flew off at the end......must focus on Henry VIII whose life is an open book and less open to fret............

James Joyce Pilgrimage

ok, so...Andrew and I walked nearly 9 miles round-trip through Zurich and up the mount overlooking the city to find James Joyce's grave and statue......maybe not quite as long as Bloom's circuit of Dublin but certainly an adventure....

easter with extended family

ok, so....i have enjoyed a lovely day with two of third cousins in Lassee....Gunther and Werner...and their spouses and children....19 in all.....brunch was eggs and meats and bread....afternoon was a jause (pronounced yow-sa) that was a buffet of desserts....they are loading up the table for round three.....looks like champagne......

bon voyage...

ok, so my plane leaves at noon...first leg to cincinnati...then to paris for a three hour layover between 6:00 am and 9:00 am.....will be lucky to find cafe creme available at that hour.....then on to vienna at 11:30 am....where upon andrew and assorted kindred are to meet and greet me....a few days in austria and then we travel to zurich....where we will pilgrimage to the grave of james joyce among other things.....a side trip to luzern and then on home.....lots to pack into a week.....nice to get away.....and it will be nicer to get back home to my blooming garden.....the redbuds are just coming out......