Weekend 510.2 (Wreck & Redemption)
I was in Plymouth last weekend and saw the place where the Sea Venture set sail from in 1609. It was supposed to bring relief supplies, etc. to the settlers Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Bermuda
Thanksgiving 2019
(1) American Interior (1935) by Charles Sheeler (2) Game Over: How technology forced traditional toys to evolve (Vera) (3) Great Western Railway: Adventures with the Famous Five (YouTube) (4) A Continue Reading →
Weekend 430.0 (Drink up, dreamers, you’re running dry)
A rainy day…a total wash out…it took me a couple of hours to realize there were no errands to run…no bike rides to be had…just the opportunity to listen to Continue Reading →
Christmas 2017 Sabbatical
A placeholder for all the stuff cluttering my mind and desk over this holiday sabbatical. “Taming the heart requires a sense of place. It roots not just the mind to Continue Reading →
Bermuda Redux
“As I looked at the glow, which I mistakenly thought had spatial boundaries, I was transported into an endless glossy sea with low clouds of gold on the horizon. Azure Continue Reading →
Bermuda (Devil’s Isle), Part 3 of 3
Day 5 After a proper English breakfast in the clubhouse we departed for the Crystal Caves in Hamilton Parish. The caves were discovered in 1908 by two boys in search Continue Reading →
Bermuda (Devil’s Isle), Part 2 of 3
Day 4 Our adventures started at the Bermuda Botanical Gardens. We spent a couple of hours exploring the thirty-six acres of flowers, trees, and shrubs. Make sure to visit the Continue Reading →
Weekend 403.0
“For more than a century the charred walls of Orval were at the mercy of the weather and of stone—and treasure seekers.” – Spiritual Heights and Depths, 2011 (1) A Continue Reading →
Weekend 402.0
(1) Quality, variety and surprise. How Walt Disney created a very real fantasy (Blooloop) (2) Quotes from The Man in the Castle by Philip K. Dick: “They want to be Continue Reading →
Bermuda (Devil’s Isle), Part 1 of 3
It seems like 6+ months since our plane dipped from the clouds and glided along the turquoise waters and emerald landscapes of Bermuda on our approach to L.F. Wade International Continue Reading →
Watercolors of sub-tropical scenes
(1) A quote from The Seven Storey Mountain from Thomas Merton: “Bermuda in those days had no big hotels and no golf-courses to speak of. It was not famous for Continue Reading →
Perennial Pondstraddler
BIG trip report after I dig out, but here are three things I don’t want to forget: (1) Sea Venture Building (2) Church Cave (3) Bermuda Rose Society (4) Mark Continue Reading →
Weekend 394.0
(1) Fall in Love With the World’s First Animated Dinosaur (Atlas Obscura) (2) Oregon Legislature passes $15 bike tax (Bicycle Retailer) (3) US State imposes “sin” tax of $15 on Continue Reading →
Weekend 365.0 (Cycling Robots in Bermuda?)
(1) The new cycle revolution: Buzzbike launches free bicycle scheme in London (Wallpaper*) (2) Real value of the Bermuda dollar (The Royal Gazette) (3) Assembling Eric: Bringing back the UK’s Continue Reading →
Somerset Bridge Station
(1) Bermuda carriages found in Guyana (The Royal Gazette) Want to learn more? Find a copy of The Bermuda Railway (Gone – But Not Forgotten) by Colin A. Pomeroy.