Any regular reader of this blog site knows that I'm old, for I live at 15 Craigside, a seniors' community in Honolulu.   For the past 15 years I've taken two lengthy trips/year, at least half a dozen being global, that is, around the world....usually about two months long.   More recently, cruises have encroached, as our most recent journey involved a Norwegian Encore 39-day sail from Seattle to Southampton (UK), plus a Viking Tir European Christmas cruise of 14 days from Amsterdam to Budapest.  Our next extravaganza in a month will involve flying to Kansai Airport, Japan, to participate in the Osaka World Expo, then an Oceania cruise from Yokohama to Vancouver. However, I've come to that point in life when I am beginning to enjoy life more at home than not.  Nothing fancy. Mostly writing this daily blog, something I have been daily doing for almost 17 years My first posting was on  29April2008 . You know how long this has been? Beginning with kinderga...

Anyone know where  Saint Lucia  is located?  It is an island country of the West Indies in the eastern Caribbean with a population of 180,000, and a member of the United Nations.   Julien Alford is 23 and yesterday won a gold medal for the 100 meter event, the first for Saint Lucia .  She is 5'7" tall.  U.S. women's speedster Sha'Carri Richardson is 5'1".  Alford could well become the next female version of  Usain Bolt . You should remember him.  He is an 8-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100 m, 200 m and 4x100 m relay.  From Jamaica, won both the 100 m and 200 m Olympic races in 2008, 2012 and 2016.  An eleven-time World Champion.  While he is 6'5" tall, and Alford is only 5'7", she seems a lot bigger than most of the finalists in the Paris sprint races.   Watch  Taylor Swift narrate a new promo for NBC --featuring her  Style --paying tribute to Team USA's finest:  Si...