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CTyankee

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64. If yours is fiction, like a novel, I am jealous. I'd love to be able to write a good novel.

Tue Feb 2, 2021, 01:45 PM

Feb 2021

A lot of what I write is "the story behind the art." It is fascinating. Sometimes it is maddening (how can I love Degas petites danseuses knowing he was a vile anti-semite?)

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When you can use your passport again. [View all] alphafemale Jan 2021 OP

Hoping can go to Scotland and Ireland with daughter, sil, and young grandkids. elleng Jan 2021 #1

I need to do mine this year. alphafemale Jan 2021 #4

Thanks for the reminder, now gotta FIND mine! elleng Jan 2021 #6

been trying to get to Australia for 10 years Kali Jan 2021 #2

You can go to Mexico without the Passport. alphafemale Jan 2021 #3

oh I know, but the border is closed for unessential travel right now so haven't been since 2019. Kali Jan 2021 #7

Funny story about my great grandfather.. LeftInTX Jan 2021 #13

I've only been to Tijauna alphafemale Jan 2021 #34

We had major immigration issues in 1925. LeftInTX Jan 2021 #38

Scotland in August, but pdxflyboy Jan 2021 #5

Maybe next August. NT alphafemale Jan 2021 #35

I just renewed a couple years ago, hoping to travel when I retired captain queeg Jan 2021 #8

Implants require follow-up visits... flor-de-jasmim Jan 2021 #10

Mexico has excellent dental care (basically up to US standards) Turin_C3PO Jan 2021 #20

Thanks. I'd heard that but many years ago I went to see a doctor in Mexico and that memory scares me captain queeg Jan 2021 #25

Nogales, I think. yellowdogintexas Jan 2021 #29

New Zealand... LovingA2andMI Jan 2021 #9

Great Britain... SergeStorms Jan 2021 #11

Home Thyla Jan 2021 #12

I had a trip booked to Ethiopia and Kenya for next month. It will now be in 2022 dhol82 Jan 2021 #14

I was all set to spend 5 weeks overseas when covid hit. Phoenix61 Jan 2021 #15

The Netherlands PJMcK Jan 2021 #16

If you go, go to the small towns. DFW Feb 2021 #52

I got my first passport in 1970. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2021 #17

I want to go to Toronto to see my daughter. murielm99 Jan 2021 #18

I'm going on safari spinbaby Jan 2021 #19

You'll love it. I was there, in 6 countries, in Nov.-Dec. 2019. sinkingfeeling Jan 2021 #24

Although I'd rather go to France, I suspect my next trip will be to India. n/t. NNadir Jan 2021 #21

A triip all planned but cancelled: Barcelona CTyankee Jan 2021 #22

A word for when you get there DFW Feb 2021 #51

Thank you. May I email you as my trip draws closer for a bit more info? CTyankee Feb 2021 #55

Sure! DFW Feb 2021 #56

Lovely! I'll give you a copy of my new book, The Gladdened Heart: the ART of music. CTyankee Feb 2021 #58

I ask nothing in return DFW Feb 2021 #61

I think you will enjoy it. Artists going WAY back in time have sought to paint that which is CTyankee Feb 2021 #62

Comparing our respective books DFW Feb 2021 #63

If yours is fiction, like a novel, I am jealous. I'd love to be able to write a good novel. CTyankee Feb 2021 #64

Oh, it's fiction, alright ! DFW Feb 2021 #65

Um, tell me if I am getting warm: Maa Shalats, Martial Arts??? CTyankee Feb 2021 #66

Warmer than most, even! DFW Feb 2021 #69

Well, since Australia and New Zealand have had $25K of my money since sinkingfeeling Jan 2021 #23

I remember Anthony Bourdain doing a program from Damascus, Syria alphafemale Jan 2021 #32

I think passports are good for 10 yrs now, just renewed mine a couple years ago. Nt captain queeg Jan 2021 #26

Back to my favorite tropical island retreat on Bonaire mnhtnbb Jan 2021 #27

Places I recommend where I have traveled in the US alphafemale Jan 2021 #28

I have passed through El Paso many times and even stayed overnight yellowdogintexas Jan 2021 #30

My boyfriend at the time on the Keys highway. alphafemale Jan 2021 #31

And the Mutter museum. alphafemale Jan 2021 #33

Me too! I've read "Dr. Mutter's Marvels" Laffy Kat Jan 2021 #37

That may be one of the first places on my check list. alphafemale Jan 2021 #40

Take my sons to Canada because they've never been. Laffy Kat Jan 2021 #36

You have to experience Niagara Falls from the Canadian Side to really see it. alphafemale Jan 2021 #41

Stay after dark to see the Falls and wnylib Jan 2021 #43

Oh, I did when I was around eleven. Laffy Kat Feb 2021 #45

The town smells like Bourban Street NOLA alphafemale Feb 2021 #46

The Falls smells wonderful, though. nt Laffy Kat Feb 2021 #48

I'm using mine right now Generic Brad Jan 2021 #39

Norway, probably. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2021 #42

However great you think the scenery might be DFW Feb 2021 #53

England first. Have never been there. wnylib Jan 2021 #44

William might be a King. alphafemale Feb 2021 #47

Must be something in the genes. wnylib Feb 2021 #49

Charles is a putz alphafemale Feb 2021 #50

Why apologize to me? I'm not a Brit. wnylib Feb 2021 #54

Watching The Crown made love choices seem to have a jagged edge for them. alphafemale Feb 2021 #59

Never watched it. wnylib Feb 2021 #60

My biggest worry wasn't using my passport, but getting it renewed DFW Feb 2021 #57

I'd go back to Ireland's west coast. Harker Feb 2021 #67

New Zealand sarcasmo Feb 2021 #68

At my COVID job I worked with a cook in a deli alphafemale Feb 2021 #70