Lizzy Shannon
Google Earth... a spirit guide?
Google Earth can be a dangerous place to go when you’re feeling nostalgic. Especially if you’re an immigrant. It started when I looked up...
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Lizzy Shannon
- Jun 17, 2012
- 4 min
At the end of the Earth
So, here I am, at the coast at last. Been a couple of years since I just upped and drove out here for a night on a moment’s notice. At...
Lizzy Shannon
- May 30, 2012
- 7 min
Parasailing: the real Prozac
It took me two days of rest to recover from the trip east to Miami. But what a place! A spa set in a golf resort just outside Miami. It...
Lizzy Shannon
- May 19, 2012
- 6 min
1st Day in Miami
Well! Last night I was “in a state” as my mother used to say. I flew from Los Angeles into Miami. Only a four-and-a-half hours, which is...
Lizzy Shannon
- May 17, 2012
- 4 min
And then there was one...
As reported on my Facebook page earlier, I'm very sorry to report that one of my father's dogs, Ben, had to be put down earlier today....
Lizzy Shannon
- May 11, 2012
- 1 min
Downsizing
So, the other day I had breakfast with Carrie, a friend and neighbor. We haven't seen each other for months and were due a catch up....
Lizzy Shannon
- Apr 26, 2012
- 3 min
Random - Kay Snow, Awards, and past love affairs
I apologize to my local Oregonians for the lack of sun on Wednesday. I brought it in to give it a bit of a polish and he ended up staying...
Lizzy Shannon
- Apr 19, 2012
- 1 min
"Curiouser and curiouser!" Cried Alice.
And curious it is. As you know, (Bob) a month ago I had radioactive treatment to kill off my thyroid before it killed me via Graves'...
Lizzy Shannon
- Apr 10, 2012
- 2 min
Giving in to temptation...
On a quest for Branston Pickle (been craving it) I went grocery shopping in Tualatin Fred Meyers. Praise the Pickle Gods that be! Not...
Lizzy Shannon
- Apr 3, 2012
- 5 min
A Brother For St.. Paddy's Day
I've scarcely had a chance to gather my thoughts about the St. Patrick's Day party last month. The week before I sent out the Evites, I'd...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jul 13, 2011
- 5 min
Schoolgirls
Day 13, Wednesday 22nd June (visiting Northern Ireland) Last night I met up with June (Clark) Wilson, a girl I grew up with in Belfast....
Lizzy Shannon
- Jul 12, 2011
- 3 min
One Upmanship in Northern Ireland
Day 12, 21st June 2011 (Visiting Father) After walking the dogs on Murlough Nature Reserve, Dad and I went to meet one of his old...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jul 8, 2011
- 5 min
Introspective
Day 9, 17th June 2011 (Visiting Dad in Northern Ireland On Friday morning I drove the hired Citroen to pick up my brother Steve and his...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jul 7, 2011
- 6 min
Daft Eddy's
Day 7, June 15th 2011, Northern Ireland Been here a week today! Stayed up late last night to watch the lunar eclipse. Could only glimpse...
Lizzy Shannon
- Dec 24, 2010
- 1 min
Take Joy!
Take Joy! I salute you! There is nothing I can give you which you have not; but there is much, that while I cannot give, you can take. No...
Lizzy Shannon
- Nov 16, 2010
- 2 min
TSA Encounter
With all the recent posting on Facebook about the TSA, I remembered an extremely odd encounter I'd had with one of them in Chicago,...
Lizzy Shannon
- Aug 26, 2010
- 1 min
Beginner's enthusiasm
I had the chance to pitch the screenplay version of my novel at the Willamette Writers conference a couple of weeks ago. I received...
Lizzy Shannon
- May 20, 2010
- 5 min
At Robin Hill
The plane arrived only an hour late; the pilot having taken a diversion north to avoid the ash from the volcano in Iceland. The walk to...
Lizzy Shannon
- Dec 27, 2009
- 2 min
Beauty and the Beast
Tonight I unearthed the PAL VHS of the Beauty and the Beast show I was in, in London way back when. This is not the slick, professional...
Lizzy Shannon
- Jun 2, 2009
- 3 min
Another Blog from Northern Ireland
Yesterday on Facebook I joked about time-traveling when I visited a 2,000 year-old monolithic portal tomb in Northern Ireland. How could...
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