http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ukie6288/Life begins in Italy! hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ukie6288/543707So are the ghosts.... The Queen Mary in Long Beach, California seems to have ghosts. I dont' kn ow that i'd call it haunted, because these entiites are not malicious. I have experience coming in contact with demonic spirits, but not on the Queen Mary. I didn't sence anything demonic going on....http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ukie6288/530310It was a warm summer's night at the Desert Aire Motel. It was anything but quiet, for this three year old night owl. I was so mad. They had left without me again, this time probably for hot chocolate, because I had heard Poppy say something about that, as he held the door for Mommy. I listened to...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ukie6288/529678All I needed was my Eurail Pass and my guide book! Traveling in Europe in the 70's was a breeze. I was 21, a cute blonde and albe to make friends and connections wherever I went!http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ukie6288/522022Smiling music, latin rhythum, bounding, hopping, strumming, steaming, sounding, resounding~ sexy cadence, dancing, swirling, swinging, bouncing, synchronizing...Trupmets blaring, bongos, ebony plinking, saxophones singing, syncopation, crowd cheering, applause!http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ukie6288/520813Our classmate's '61 Falcon rattled and squeeked it's way down Topanga Canyon toward the ocean. The afternoon sun had passed overhead and it cast a shadow on the narrow highway. We passed a busload of flower children at Topanga Junction and just around the corner saw a lone hitch hiker with his...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ukie6288/520638We flew over the Sahara, the Congo (it's muddy river is endless and the jungle one big canopy). The most interesting thing was the panoramic view of the clouds. WOW! The Thermal equator is about a hundred miles nothe of the geographical one. It's where ALL tha storm systems ain the WHOLE world...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ukie6288/520637Soon we were off to another village, our last in Malawi before going into Mazambique. We'll have to stay in Blantyre to get our visas, so "hello hot showers!" I've only changed my undergarmets, this week. It's so dusty out here, it's useless to try to stay clean. Anyway, we'd look out of place,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ukie6288/520636My parents were clueless, as to why Ukie Dukie was upset. "Sir, maybe this delicious tasting medicine will help her calm down....it works everytime." the stewardess appealed to my Daddy. She smile and helpout a dose of what I imagined to be poison. I glared at her lipstick and thick eye liner,...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ukie6288/519792To inaugurate a jet-passenger service, an airline invited a number of VIP's to take the first flight. After the trip was under way, the guests were surprised to hear the pilot's voice coming over thie intercom. "Say, honey," he said, "how about bringing me a cup of coffee and lots of love?" The...http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/ukie6288/519530Sunshine Play Roar my ocean, sing my joy, bounce and wave your sandy breeze; Celebrate with us, our sunshine play, Castle tides and distant days. Delicate Lilies bend to the ocean’s breeze, The silver light cast shadows on weathered trees. Below the wave’s beacon roar, Scatter stones beneath...