The Travel, Theatrical and Life Adventures of Jenni and Rick.
So, we took a trip into Sarasota a couple of Sundays ago to visit the Marie Selby Botanic Gardens. It was a beautiful day and not too hot. Mostly, the weather has prevented us from visiting before, either torrential rain or too hot in the summer months to be walking around gardens. But we found … Read more
This is the title of Jenni’s next play, which opens on Wednesday, 17th April and runs for two weeks, Wednesday to Sunday, until the 28th. Here is an image of the stage setting. Most plays are set in the living room of a house or condo. This one, however, takes place in the parking lot … Read more
We had such a great time on New Year’s Eve, 2023, and actually both managed to stay up until midnight to see in the new year. Charlotte Players had a concert with a Speakeasy Theme. so we got together with friends, Manny and Margreth and Pete and Laurie and dressed up for the occasion. We … Read more
From our house in Sunny Florida, to yours, wherever in the world you are, we send Seasons Greetings for whatever festival you celebrate at this time of the year. We hope that 2023 has been kind to you and that you are happy and in good health, as we are. We have had a great … Read more
A short train ride of about 40 minutes brought us to Reigate in Surrey, where Jenni’s cousin, Kim was waiting for us. He drove us to their home where Gill was waiting for us with some delicious homemade pumpkin soup. Of course it was much warmer in Surrey than it was on our sojourn to … Read more
And so to London. We had a fairly horrific train journey from Newcastle to London. We left Newcastle at 9.00 am and were due to arrive at Kings Cross Station in London at 12.30 pm. However, there had been some significant storms and the train line was flooded in sections. We eventually arrived in London … Read more
Getting from Wales to North Yorkshire took quite some time. Although England seems quite small when compard to American States, there are still some vast tracts to be traversed. We decided that the easiest way was to go back into London then out to Hartlepool, where Chris and Sandra live. They met us at the … Read more
And so it was time to leave beautiful Cornwall and travel by train to Wales. We had decided to travel by train rather than hire a car, and Jenni had booked us on First Class. We had assigned seats and were served snacks and tea, coffee or hot chocolate all the way. It was a … Read more
We decided that, after 21 years together, it was probably time for Rick to meet some of the other members of Jenni’s family and also renew friendships. So, with excitement, we set off on our UK sojourn on October 3rd, 2023. Arriving in Newquay, Cornwall on October 4th, dear friends, who used to live in … Read more