It’s a busy week or two. We returned from a trip to Mexico. I wrote about that HERE.
My son and his girlfriend are visiting from the Bay Area. We are gong to visit Taliesin West later today. It will be a first for all of us. That’s the winter home of Frank Lloyd Wright. We’ll be going on a self-guided tour. A coincidence is that a friend of mine from playgroup days in Palm Springs is a director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. What a small world! I found out from a friend in Palm Springs that our mutual friend had moved to Arizona a month or two before us. I wrote about coincidences recently HERE.
Next week, I fly to Seattle to visit my 90-year-old mom. I meant to visit for her birthday last March, but we were in the throws of Omicron. Both my daughter and husband got it. What weird days those were. I was taking care of my daughter — without being near her. We would wave at each other through her apartment window. I’d go to the laundromat and grocery store for her and leave things on her front steps.
When my husband had COVID, I moved into our Casita. It has a kitchen, so I cooked him chicken soup with lots of garlic and onions. I’d leave it outside the front door and text him. I was close if he needed me, but I wasn’t in physical contact.
I now have an aversion to flying. We have taken trips by car, which I’m comfortable with, but I haven’t wanted to get on an airplane. I can’t stand the wait at the airport, the crowds, being on the plane. COVID ruined flying for me.
Did COVID change your feelings about flying, too? Or did it affect you in other ways? Did you or your family get it?
You know my thoughts on flying…😆 we all had omicron in January. I’m treating Covid like the flu…it’s not going anywhere
Yes, I agree with you on flying and COVID. But last Spring, I was really worried about the virus.
I stopped worrying in June 2020 when I knew for sure that there was fear mongering.
You’ll get lots of rain when you get to Seattle 😉
It sure looks that way! Also, it’s going to be cold!
I still like flying but haven’t had a chance to travel by air since I returned from USA in 2020 August.
I’ve flown several times to visit my kids in Berkeley but not anywhere else.
I am told that flying is safer than other public transport as the air is filtered in the plane
Thanks for that! 😊
You’re most welcome
Hate crowds, but still love flying. It’s the lil kid in me. A few years ago, we visited Frank Lloyd Wright’s Falling Water in Western PA. I wouldn’t call myself an architectural fan, but even for me, I thought it was really neat. Stunning views. Happy Friday.
I used to be like that and flying. I’m excited to see Taliesin West. I’m going to do some studying before we go.
Yes, that’s a good point. The little bit of studying and reading up on Falling Water that I did in advance really made the visit so much more helpful for me. I’m the type that when I go to an art museum, I like to know the history of the artist, the history of the time it was painted, etc. The same thing helped with Falling Water. Have fun.
I agree! I know so little about Frank Lloyd Wright that I think the visit would be a waste without studying first.
I hope you like Taliesin West. I was surprised by how low the ceilings were. The views are very nice.
We loved it!
We live in Frank Lloyd Wright territory here. We went to House on the Rock a few years ago and saw Talesin on the way. Have you ever heard of the Talesin massacre??
No, I’ve never heard of the Taliesin massacre. I’ll have to look that up!
Definitely.
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