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 A blog of no uncertain musings. What goes on in my mind is often a source of wonder to me. |
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My mind and my life are wonderous things ... as are yours, I'm sure. I have more slips of paper and pages of notebooks with musings and thoughts than I really know what to do with. Someone, actually several someones, have suggested I start a blog ... or a journal as a means of focusing some of this mental energy. To be honest, I don't even know what the difference between a 'journal' and 'blog' is--or if there even is a difference. Read on, my friends, and you can judge for yourself whether it even matters. And so....  I'm JACE. Yep ... that's me! And somewhere in all my writings my last name may be posted. But I'll just leave it at Jace for right now. I'm 70 years old and heading full tilt to 71. It's strange that while I'm going through some rather serious medical issues, I still consider myself to be in the prime of my life--pretty good shape physically AND mentally, though I don't run for competition anymore  . I love to ... dang, if I put this stuff here, I won't have anything for my blog.Guess you just have to be patient until such stuff leaks out.  Perhaps 2025, having embraced my retirement, will see more participation in my journaling efforts. Well, one can hope.... |
| Hi Folks. Just returned from a Fall Foliage cruise on the Pearl Mist from Pearl Seas Cruises. This was the same ship we took on a tour of the lower four Great Lakes in July 2024. It may have been a year older, but the amenities were still top notch. Despite our cruise being cut short a couple of days due to the nasty weather coming up the Atlantic coast, we had a great time. Though we missed our planned stops of Iles de La Madeleine, Quebec; Lunenburg, Nova Scotia; and Eastport, Maine, we spent a few extra days in Portland, Maine. A lot of ships on the northern Atlantic made port in Portland and Boston ahead of the anticipated rough seas. It was quite a ride for a while. Though I had lived in Maine for more than ten years growing up, I never visited Portland. That was my loss--if you ever get the chance, take time to tour Maine's largest city, its 19th century architecture, specialty shoppes, and the waterfront. Lighthouses? There are several to visit around Portland. If you like lobster, don't pay $100 or much more for your meal at home. The market price was $12.99/lb--in a local restaurant, your meal might be $20-25 ... cooked right. At the fish market we toured, we saw lobsters from one and one-eighth pounds (the smallest the lobster boats can keep) to four and a quarter pounds. Normally, the boats don't bring back anything larger than three pounds. By the way, what do you think is the largest lobster ever caught? Answer ▼ Flying home was much less eventful, and quicker, than flying to the cruise in Quebec City. Only five and a half hours to landing in Springfield, Missouri. But more to come starting at the beginning tomorrow. |
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