On the road
Life's journeys are worth sharing.
Category: Blog post
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(Or why I write about migration, the new home and the old, and everything in between) I am a journalist by education and profession. Recently, I acquired the status of immigrant to the United States, the latest in a lifetime of twists and turns. My life has been like a road trip, one that has…
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Three incidents caught my attention yesterday, June 3, all having to do with dead or dying sea creatures. The first was a personal encounter. I was taking a stroll down the Seaside part of the Monterey Bay Recreation Trail, when I spotted what appeared to be the carcass of a sea animal. I know from…
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I thought it timely to explain to visitors, especially those here for the first time, what my blog is all about, and how or why I write what I write. This blog is titled On The Road but was never meant to be a travel blog. I do not really travel a lot but when…
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I was headed for the Carmelite Monastery on Highway 1 in Carmel when I entered what turned out to be the wrong gate. After driving up a short road, I found myself beholding one of Monterey County’s most stunning views. I would later see the sign that said I was at the Villa Angelica, a…
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If time is precious, then a bonsai is gold. Each one holds the years of care, skill, and concentration its owner poured into it to create a miniature landscape from the saplings of a normal tree. That would make a bonsai the ultimate luxury. That is what it seemed to me as I viewed the…
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Six years ago, the COVID-19 virus choked the world and brought it to a standstill. Governments and the world’s health care systems were unprepared to handle a pandemic of such magnitude. Millions of lives were lost, millions more fell ill, businesses shut down, people lost their livelihoods. I was spared in 2020, but the virus…
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There are places in our part of Monterey County in California that you can visit for free, which somehow offset the high cost of living in this popular tourist destination. The impetus for this post (and please pardon the pause in postings) is the recent three-week visit of family members from the Philippines, one of…
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(This piece appeared in the Jan. 15 edition of the Monterey County Weekly) This year, I added to my list of New Year’s goals and resolutions: to read the stack of free books that I received as a Christmas gift from Old Capitol Books in Monterey. Old Capitol had announced it would be open on…
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Christmas is for children. Well, children of all ages. And nowhere did we feel it more than at Candy Cane Lane in Pacific Grove, California, where it’s become a tradition for homeowners to put up a display for Monterey County residents and tourists. Along with the dazzling lights that adorned trees, fences, roofs and eaves,…
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(This is a long overdue follow up to the previous post. My bad. Personal and professional commitments got in the way. ) I am picking up on that air travel thread of baggage problems. At the outset, I have to say that most people go through their flights without a hitch, but once in a while…
On the road 