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Yep!  The clock is ticking every day of our lives.  If someone instilled the ability in you to plan ahead for an event or your future, you’re one of the lucky ones.   Here are the seven P’s: Prior Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance.  I make lists for things I want to accomplish.   This list is above my desk …

The “shot heard round the world” that started World War I was fired on June 28, 1914, when a student shot the archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Sarajevo, beginning a conflict that lasted four years, involved 32 countries and cost 41 million military and civilian casualties, including 18 million lives. By 1917, the war was not going well for …

It was a cold, drizzly day with the constant pitter patter of rain.  I thought my eyes had deceived me as I noticed, a few steps ahead, a German soldier standing guard. I moved closer. It was a German soldier in a WW1 uniform trying, very cleverly, to make tourists aware of a unique attraction. I was near the village …

If you’re no fan of crowds, traveling after Labor Day makes a lot of sense. Kids are back in school and the noisy throngs that queued up for popular restaurants and attractions have thinned. No wonder some herald it as the start of “couples season,” that all-too-brief vacation period between the start of the school year and Thanksgiving. Consider Kennebunkport, …

Abroad with Beverly Cohn PART 1:  DAYS 1-2 Question:  How many trips should a travel writer take to Ireland? Answer:  As many as you’re lucky enough to receive.  Just as though I carried around a four-leaf clover in my wallet, I was invited by Tourism Ireland to participate in my fourth press trip to the Emerald Isle, this time to …

Vanity Fair has a thought provoking article about the Trump Administration’s incoming staff of the Department of Energy. It’s a long, but VERY important read: Why The Scariest Nuclear Threat May Be Coming From The White House Now for my commentary on that piece/issue: This is one of the most important articles I have read in a long, long time.  It …

People travel to other lands to discover the people, the culture, the architecture, the history and the technology. But few realize that somewhere in the background is the political landscape that shaped what they see and/or “allowed” to see. Welcome to Traveling Boy’s Travels in Politics — specifically, American politics. We know there are many other blogs and websites out …

Thanks to Naomi of North Hollywood who shared these adorable dog pictures.

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