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Eating Adventures in Kuala Lumpur - this time, we hit a groove with food
We returned to KL in late November, 2024, and have been here almost 3 months. I am happy to report that we have found our groove.
Kimberly OLeary
Feb 1015 min read
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Tea for 2 - or maybe a few - High Tea (or is it Afternoon Tea) Around the World
Photo provided by Jenny Vance As we travel the world, we have all kinds of experiences. Some are learning experiences, such as visits to...
Kimberly OLeary
Jan 216 min read
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A Wish for you in the New Year - to find your joy, whatever it might be
Today it is New Year's Eve, on this side of the world. Paul & I have been in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, for a little over a month. Our...
Kimberly OLeary
Dec 31, 20244 min read
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What clothes do I pack for full-time travel? Lessons learned from 3 years on the road (& rekindling my sewing skills!)
I think I don’t care what I wear, but I really care deeply.... almost half my wardrobe are clothes I made myself, on the road, by hand
Kimberly OLeary
Dec 26, 202411 min read
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We’ve been everywhere, man…November, 2023 to November, 2024 – our year of travel in North America: taking stock
On balance, it was a good year. We found joy in spending time with family & friends we had missed. We felt delight in celebrating our dau
Kimberly OLeary
Dec 9, 20245 min read
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![The end of our West, USA trip...time with family in Dallas, Louisville, & on to Lansing (West, USA Part 7 [& Kim sings Taylor Swift!]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5a35d2_127964ed3884421ab7ad5268c963315a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/5a35d2_127964ed3884421ab7ad5268c963315a~mv2.webp)
The end of our West, USA trip...time with family in Dallas, Louisville, & on to Lansing (West, USA Part 7 [& Kim sings Taylor Swift!]
The last part of our Western, USA trip was spent with family. We entered Texas from New Mexico, and the land began to stretch out ahead...
Kimberly OLeary
Nov 29, 20243 min read
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Rocky Mountain High - the beautiful mountains, valleys, canyons, and streams of Colorado
...first line is perfect: "...coming home to a place he'd never been before." I felt this exact feeling when I went to the French Alps...
Kimberly OLeary
Oct 16, 20245 min read
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I've been to the desert on a horse with no name...driving through Arizona! (West, USA Part 4)
After leaving Las Vegas, we headed directly into the desert. Man, it was hot!!! We stopped an a Lake Mead overlook, the reservoir lake...
Kimberly OLeary
Oct 8, 20244 min read
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A road trip 40 years in the making: Rocinantes take to the road to celebrate 40 years of marriage
日本語でこの記事を読むにはこちらをクリックしてください。 The year was 1984. That week in August, the number one hit on the radio (remember the radio?) was...
Kimberly OLeary
Sep 18, 20246 min read
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Brush Up Your Shakespeare: The Wonderful, Witty World of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Ontario, Canada
...Stratford Festival. If you want to see world class theater - Shakespeare, drama, or musicals - this is an excellent place.
Kimberly OLeary
Aug 11, 20249 min read
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Toronto: the next-door neighbor with a Heart of Gold
So how do we like Toronto?....Like Americans but calmer, and more polite, and seemingly able to get along with each other.
Kimberly OLeary
Jul 23, 202410 min read
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“Up North” or “True North”? Why We Keep Coming Back to Nature Untamed in the Michigan U.P. & Ontario
After the kids left home, Paul and I continued to travel "up north" as the locals call it, often traveling in October for a fall color tour.
Kimberly OLeary
Jun 20, 20247 min read
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A lingering Spring, a mingling of family, a challenging history - and a river runs through it: Louisville, Kentucky at precisely the right time of year
Louisville is a mix of North and South; a mix of tradition and innovation; a mix of big city and small town where everyone knows everyone
Kimberly OLeary
Apr 30, 202411 min read
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It’s Women’s History Month, and here are 4 Women who Inspire Me Every Day
この記事を日本語で読むには、ここをクリックしてください。 March 8 is International Women’s Day, and in several countries the month of March is set aside to celebrate...
Kimberly OLeary
Mar 27, 20249 min read
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Let's hear it for health care professionals! Our experiences with health care around the world
この記事を日本語で読むには、ここをクリックしてください。 When Paul and I started our slow travel, we were 64 and 65 years old. After living most of our lives in the...
Kimberly OLeary
Mar 12, 202410 min read
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I'll Be Home for Christmas....after more than a year away, we rediscover the energy of being in the same spaces as our family & friends
この記事を日本語で読むには、ここをクリックしてください。 In October, 2022, Paul & I boarded a ship and headed to the other side of the world. We had many wonderful...
Kimberly OLeary
Dec 25, 20234 min read
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"Omoidasu aki no hi..." Remembering those autumn days in Tokyo with joy, but sad to leave
To read this post in Japanese, click here. In 1963, Kyu Sakamoto sang “Ue O Muite Arukou” which means,”I Look Up When I Walk”, singing...
Kimberly OLeary
Nov 20, 20238 min read
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It's not just "rules"; finding community in Japan
But here's the thing. Paul tells me it's wasn't the fact that I "broke the rules" that upset the saleswomen. It was more that their job is
Kimberly OLeary
Sep 22, 202312 min read
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Grappling with memories of a place we've never been before....our short time in Vietnam
Paul and I are children of the 1960's, part of a cohort called Generation Jones (born 1954-1964). We were the kids who grew up watching...
Kimberly OLeary
Sep 2, 202310 min read
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Walking & swimming halfway around the world: slomad life improves the mind-body connection
I did not grow up in an athletic family. I loved my parents, but my dad was an academic librarian and my mom was first an academic, then...
Kimberly OLeary
Jul 21, 20236 min read
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