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Australia
My Mother, Myself
My mother Sheila Buchanan Buell in a tree USA, 1955 Me living Mother's Dream, in a tree 2019, Australia The beginning of a weekly blog series comparing our lives and documenting the process of self-publishing my new book. Getting Beyond… My mother, Sheila Buchanan Buell was a victim. Born in Australia, but taken from her Australian … Continue reading My Mother, Myself
Legs 3 & 4 to Australia, March 2-3-4 2022
I woke up in the Sonesta Airport Hotel, where Delta had put me up when I missed my flight to Syndey. I’d had a nightmare about missing my flight in Syndey, never thinking the problem would be LAX. Refreshed and hungry, I went down to breakfast, but they weren’t open yet. I was stuck where … Continue reading Legs 3 & 4 to Australia, March 2-3-4 2022
First Two Legs of an Extra Long. Austin, Texas to Melbourne, Australia Flight
The first leg: Blow by Blow, Austin to LAX I was riding in the car with my daughter to the airport. I’d been watching the weather in Sydney, worrying about the rain, worrying about catching my flight from Sydney to Melbourne. My daughter said, “Don’t worry Mom, if the rain stops your flight, you can just stay … Continue reading First Two Legs of an Extra Long. Austin, Texas to Melbourne, Australia Flight
The Big Leap
Tree Frog we found at the Wilson Reserve in Melbourne I'm more nervous than this little frog as I prepare to leap across the enormous pond. I've been burrowing through piles of paper work for months trying to get an exemption for a visa to Australia. It was hopeless, I might as well have been … Continue reading The Big Leap
Renaming and Reorganization of my Blog
My blog Visionsfromtwocontinents started, December 11, 2017. That’s five years ago.Now it has a new, easier name, instead of writing visionsfromtwocontinents.blog, you can just look for patsysblog.com Back in 2017, a pandemic was something that only happened long ago, during WWI. In my book Visions from Two Continents: cover I published a letter my uncle Charlie wrote … Continue reading Renaming and Reorganization of my Blog
The Last Leg Home
The sun was just beginning to rise, and clouds loomed over the city of Los Angeles, I put on a highly rated mask for the rest of my trip. It was not comfortable. The plane landed in LAX I got off and went through customs without a hitch. I'd rested during the long 12.5 hour … Continue reading The Last Leg Home
Getting a Covid Test to travel to the USA
At 12:30 I said we needed to get going to get my Covid test before traveling. I had called Delta in Sydney earlier and they told me all I needed was a negative result on my phone within 3 days of travel. It was now two days before my international flight. I asked at my … Continue reading Getting a Covid Test to travel to the USA
Covid International Travel?
Feeling safe in Fortress Australia, on the train in Melbourne Next week I take the scary steps onto a plane to fly back to the USA. I’ve been in Fortress Australia for 15 months. Covid here is controlled by borders closed, and everyone wearing masks so there are zero community contact cases. No Australian is allowed to … Continue reading Covid International Travel?
Bats and Sugar Gliders
One quarter of the mammals in Australia are microbats They are rarely seen. Small creatures about the size of one's thumb fly about in the night sky eating insects and not bothering people. Many of them roust in tree hollows which humans often cut down, not wanting a hollowed tree to fall on their heads. … Continue reading Bats and Sugar Gliders
Visions from Two Continents 