E D Skinner
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Travel

Year Nine
Posts
1/1/23
Things I’ve always wanted to do, but …
Two Kinds of Writers
Posts
10/29/22

I see two kinds of writers at the writing groups I attend.

Type One

First and most common are the ones doing …

Inside or Outside?
Posts
6/7/22

Housing prices in Phoenix have skyrocketed with the influx of Californians. With their excess cash, they are …

It’s 1984 Again
Posts
9/25/16

Specifically, if you have an Android cell phone and have shopped for any new app, then you’ll have a Google …

How It Works
Posts
1/12/16

My Paternal Line

Henry Skinner, 1822-unknown is pictured here. He is my great, great-grandfather on my …

Interesting Places in Translation
Posts
8/1/15

When you travel to a place that uses a language you don’t know, things can be challenging. Where’s my hotel? …

Soon It’s Gonna Rain
Posts
2/28/15

So go the lyrics to a song from The Fantastics. I know because I sang them in a local production many years ago. …

Osaka Business Hotel
Posts
1/20/15

While cleaning up my work-office-at-home, I found a few memories that challenge a neat and tidy filing.

The purpose …

My Neighborhood
Posts
1/14/15

Picardy Place, later Picardy Street, is shaped like the letter “T” but laying down. In the picture, …

Hatching a Haboob
Posts
8/4/14

Warm air rises and, as it does, it cools and condenses. It then falls but may not reach the surface. That moisture, now …