New York – Llywindatravels 2025

Fall Days in the Finger Lakes

I haven’t been posting. There are many reasons, but let’s skip to today and my new post on a recent trip to New York. October in upstate New York can be a riot of color as the last of the leaves change from green to yellow, orange, and red. October also lifts the curtain onContinue reading “Fall Days in the Finger Lakes”

You Don’t Turn 100 Every Day

DEAR READER: IF YOU HAVE PHOTOS OF THIS EVENT TO SHARE, PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO ME AT WCREAMER151@GMAIL.COM AND I WILL ADD THEM. THANKS! This post may take some time to load fully. It includes two video clips, a slide show and quite a few large photos. The end of January is not a greatContinue reading “You Don’t Turn 100 Every Day”

Renting a Hyundai Kona

Paula and I arrived at the Enterprise counter in the Syracuse New York airport just after 11 pm. We’d managed to find flights from our respective homes that converged at about the same time so that we could share a car and Airbnb. The counter offered us an all-electric vehicle. It sounded fun and weContinue reading “Renting a Hyundai Kona”

October’s Bright Blue Weather

My title is from a poem I had to memorize in grade school, and it still comes into my mind almost every year when the light slants sharply in the late afternoon, and the trees change color. The month of October sped by. It’s always a month of transition, when we return to the USContinue reading “October’s Bright Blue Weather”

A brief detour to Syracuse

Syracuse was just as warm as Chicago when I arrived, but I was scheduled to accompany my mom on a dinner cruise on Skaneateles Lake that evening. The weather was perfect, the water was smooth as glass, and the food was good. Even though we were guests, it seemed like a worthwhile activity even ifContinue reading “A brief detour to Syracuse”

Something new: the toe of Manhattan

I thought I knew about Manhattan, having visited quite a bit while growing up and having lived in couple of neighborhoods. I’ve ridden on the Staten Island Ferry and been to the Statue of Liberty. Both require you to go to the toe of Manhattan. What I skipped over until this trip was the neighborhoodContinue reading “Something new: the toe of Manhattan”

Meeting up with Spring.

We have been observing spring in the Northern hemisphere. We left Peru on March 31 and stayed for a week in Wheaton, IL. The weather was cool but the flowers were emerging. Hemos estado observando la primavera en el hemisferio norte. Dejamos Peru el 31 de marzo y nos quedamos una semana en Wheaton, IL.Continue reading “Meeting up with Spring.”

First Accomplishment of the New Travel Season

When we left Wheaton last year in April, all our possessions were packed in our Prius (and the storage unit). We went to California for 3 months and stopped on our way to the airport to drop off a lot of stuff with Amanda, since she’s in CA. We left for Barcelona with 4 suitcases.Continue reading “First Accomplishment of the New Travel Season”

Mom is right, again!

My mother is going into her third year in an independent living setting and has just turned 91. She claims that there are all kinds of wonderful stories among her neighbors. In addition to the 23 retired priests (there’s a story there), and a retired ambassador (another), artists, intellectuals, she says everyone has a story,Continue reading “Mom is right, again!”

New York from two different angles

We spent a clear, bright Sunday visiting the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. An earlier torch was shaped like an aladdin’s lamp. Lyra is standing beside a full-sized replica of the statue’s toes. My paternal great, great grandfather was Michael Dwyer, and he may have arrived atContinue reading “New York from two different angles”