Barb Taub's Blog, page 2
April 20, 2025
Easter nightmare #humor #egg_prices
Eggs are too expensive… [Image credit: Canva AI]
April 18, 2025
Easter Bunny Arrested? #humor #travel
TRAVEL IS TENSE THESE DAYS We were travelling back from the States and had a layover at Heathrow Airport, where …
March 28, 2025
I had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. #ferry #trucks #humor
I’m pretty sure my horoscope today said something like this… Before you climb up on your pulpit—and we both know …
March 2, 2025
Poori: Life Lessons From Fried Bread. #humor #travel #IndianFood
[NOTE: I interrupt my posts about my trip to India with a tribute to Indian fried bread. As one does…] …
February 28, 2025
Kickass Queens, Mona Lisa Smiles, and the Oldest Zero. #India 2025,Part 2. #humor #travel
(Part 1 is here if you missed it.) “Breakfast,” said the polite voice at on the phone in our hotel …
February 24, 2025
We just did it again. #travel #humor #India
[Why, WordPress? Where did my post go? It was live for about a nanosecond and then disappeared. Hopefully it will …
February 14, 2025
Love? Sometimes you know it by what it isn’t… #Valentine’sDay #bias
It took one of the nastiest things I’ve ever experienced to understand Valentine’s Day. What makes this Valentine’s Day so …
January 24, 2025
Èowyn: One storm to rule them all? #storm #Scotland
Checking in OK Tolkien’s Èowyn was a badass royal princess who saw herself as a shield-maiden, and who won the …
December 29, 2024
2024? The year I got old. #humor #review #NewYear
It wasn’t just the 70 candles on my birthday cake. According to the NHS [The National Health Service] here in …
November 29, 2024
I should be thankful for something or other… #Thanksgiving #Humor
Oddly enough, here in the UK there isn't much interest in celebrating the American Pilgrims' survival of religious persecution and New England winters, so giving thanks isn't getting a lot of airtime here in Scotland this week.
