Tag Archives: Traveler’s Tales

At the Ridge….

Posted on June 5, 2023 by ksedinger

For the first time since Cane died last September, I went hiking at Chestnut Ridge Park yesterday. Chestnut Ridge is an old park whose development by Erie County began back in the late 1920s, and a lot of the park’s … Continue reading →

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Notes from North of the Border: A Travelogue (days two and three)

Posted on May 22, 2023 by ksedinger

A couple of weeks ago The Wife and I enjoyed a weekend getaway to Toronto! I’ve already documented Day One; now here’s a brief rundown on Days Two and Three. (By ‘brief’ I mean…not very brief.) After the difficulties we … Continue reading →

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Notes from North of the Border: A Travelogue (Day One)

Posted on April 30, 2023 by ksedinger

Last weekend The Wife and I enjoyed a three-night getaway to Canada. We hadn’t been to Toronto in way too many years, even before COVID made crossing the border impossible, and we were excited to return. Our plans were all in … Continue reading →

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“Well, I’m back,” he said.

Posted on October 3, 2022 by ksedinger

It’s Monday! And as promised, The Wife and I are back from our too-brief (aren’t they all?) weekend getaway. After the general shit-show that was Summer 2022 for us, we really needed a nice getaway. And that’s exactly what we had. … Continue reading →

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Rainbows, Moonbows, Sunsets, and the Stars: Adventures beneath the Hawaiian sky

Posted on January 14, 2022 by ksedinger

So much of one’s time in Hawaii is spent looking up, or out. Up to the sky, or out to where the sky meets the sea. And there’s a rainbow almost every day. In Buffalo, I might get to see … Continue reading →

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“I know what you’re thinking, and you’re right”: A MAGNUM geek visits Paradise

Posted on January 12, 2022 by ksedinger

Longtime readers may remember that I was a big fan of the show Magnum PI back in the day. That is, the original show, the one that ran in the 1980s, and not the new reboot show that is running, well, now. … Continue reading →

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Hawaiian adventures

Posted on January 10, 2022 by ksedinger

Our trip to Hawaii was…amazing. Just amazing. In fact, it was quite nearly perfect. My mother dreamed all her life of going to Hawaii, and at some point after she had safely seen her two children off to lives of … Continue reading →

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“And I’m so worried about the baggage retrieval system they’ve got at Heathrow”

Posted on December 27, 2021 by ksedinger

UPDATED and CLARIFIED below! So, the trip home from Hawaii was supposed to go like this: December 23: Board plane at HNL, about 12:30pm. Arrive LAX, around 8:00pm. Depart LAX for DTW (Detroit), around 12:00am. Arrive DTW, around 6:00am. Depart DTW … Continue reading →

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Cloudy Days in Paradise

Posted on December 21, 2021 by ksedinger

Only two days remain in our Hawaiian adventure. This morning we woke up for the first time to cloudy skies. Since gray skies tend to be the norm for Buffalo in winter–a season that I find beautiful in many ways, … Continue reading →

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Writing (and a cheeseburger) in Paradise

Posted on December 20, 2021 by ksedinger

To justify the Jimmy Buffet reference, here’s the cheeseburger I had the other night. And here I am, writing. Both of these things happened in Paradise. Some writers are insistent about doing their work in their preferred environments–their home offices … Continue reading →

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