Today is a day for gathering dear readers. It's a little chilly outside but the sun is out, shining that special light that only graces us as summer is coming to an end. Artists of pen (or stick, stone and feather point, depending on the century, of course) and brush have said it that is the most beautiful light known to man. I tend to agree. Fall is one of my favorite times of year for so many reasons (with the exception of a …

I was not sure what kind of tale this was going to be. I went around and around, thinking to myself, what am I going to tell you about? Disclose ... if you will. Do I venture into it all? Do I rant? Unleash? Complain about crummy cuisine and overcooked lobsters (that’s all they do for heaven’s sake!)? Ponder how people, supposedly in the tourist trade, can stink eye guests (meaning tired us)…

I've made it! Made it! Oh my God. You have no idea. No idea. But I am about to give you an idea. I, dear readers, have just spent the last hour, on a bicycle, with a twenty pound knapsack, cycling through the countryside. The hilly countryside. The rugged countryside. The mountainous countryside. The getting whacked with bugs that literally went paff! into my unsuspecting chest countryside. Ughh. You…