Interesting. I don't believe childhood was my happiest time. It wasn't bad. Just rather boring. Can't remember day to day life. Only flashbacks of special occasions, some happy, some not so happy. Maybe the happiest was the brief time I first moved away from home, but still going to school. I guess you could call that freedom in a way. Didn't have a permanent job yet. New friends. It only lasted a few years. Right now could be a happy time, if I'd quit worrying about things and do something about them. Fewest real responsibilities in a long time. Worrying is a hard habit to break. I'm working on it.
I'm right there with you, Nancy. My first apartment is when I felt the most free I have ever in my entire life. That's a good perspective on worrying, when we are at a stage with the fewest real responsibilities. My working life provided a distraction. Now that the tide has gone out, I got all these dead smelly fish at my feet...and some of them got names.
It’s Not Easy to Find Paradise With Only GPS! Martin Camp Jul 29, 2019 "I actually want to write about the worst part of travel, which is — travel! So “technically” in this “context” I am not talking about my vacation! Unless one is wanting the “travel experience” of a trip on the Orient Express from Paris to Istanbul or taking the QE2 from New York to London because one can, most travel sucks, especially travel by plane. But I digress". "Before one can travel by plane, one must get to the airport. For me, in Sint Maarten, that meant returning my rent car to Paradise Rent Car Company. If you want to know the beginning of this story, check out my blog post of July 22, First World Problems in Paradise — If It’s Too Good to be True, It’s Too Good to be True! That blog tells the tale of woe that ended with my renting a car from Paradise Rent Car in the first place". (Read More)
Gauguin and Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise "Paul Gauguin (1848–1903) is one of the true larger-than-life figures in art history. The key feature in his personal mythology is the constant yearning for an exotic paradise. He sought it in the bohemian arts community at Pont-Aven on the coast of Brittany and later on the South Seas island of Tahiti. When that outpost of French colonialism began to feel too constraining, Gauguin moved to a still more remote location, the Marquesas Islands, where he died in 1903. His fascination with local cultures resulted in a kind of personal, syncretic iconography throughout his career". (More)
The Paradise of the Popes: Les Combes, a small alpine region in Valle d'Aosta, northwest Italy. "Both Pope Ben-e-dict XVI and Pope John Paul II before him have vacationed in Les Combes, a small alpine region in Valle d'Aosta, northwest Italy. Yet few know exactly why". "To be sure, the location provides a welcome retreat from the noise and pollution of Rome, and the beautiful alpine scenery is in keeping with the love of both popes for the mountains. But look beyond the sights and into history, and you'll soon discover another, less obvious attraction: The region has been a fulcrum of European history and, more specifically, the continent's Christian heritage". (CONTINUE)