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United off to a Pedantic 2012
I love No Fly Noel almost as much as No Fly July. Solstice parties, sitting by the fire and guests in the guesthouse. It’s important to stop and think from time to time. So, I must admit that it was...
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No Fly Noel 2012
It’s December, and that’s a good thing. No fly noel begins on December 1st. A break from relentless travel is just what the doctor ordered. Well kinda. I am flying to New Orleans next weekend for a...
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It’s 2013: Uber Wins, United Loses
My latest United airlines experience leads me to believe that air travel has finally degenerated to bus service. I don’t do bus. Two long-ish hub to hub flights on United (IAD—ORD) were crowded,...
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No fly Noel 2013
No question about it, 2013 was a rough year of travel. My plan to do around 30 trips turned into a complete FAIL with a 40% higher than planned 42 trips. Ouch. In 2014 I am getting serious about travel...
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December Non-travel
I get to stay home! I’m not in NY today. Yippee. It is cold outside. The animals are all in. The red shed is ready for the solstice. So is the moon. And I am warming my bones beside the fire. Home,...
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No Fly Noël 2014: Six Days Late and a Dollar Short
Travel was thankfully almost reasonable this year, down to thirty trips off last year’s forty-two. (FWIW, we’ll shoot for 25 in 2015.) But we did do an out of character trip in December, delaying the...
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Back at The Donovan D.C.
No fly nöel is not all it’s cracked up to be this year. No airplanes is nice, but local meetings fill the agenda. After one whole week, we’re back in DC, this time at the Donovan. The Donovan is a...
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And Now No Fly Nöel
True. We have not been on an airplane since November. But all these trips to Washington and Philly in cars are encroaching on our no travel respite. Now it’s time to rest our bones beside the fire....
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No Fly Noël 2016: Kinda
Regular NPS readers and lurkers know all about “no fly July” and “no fly Noël.” The idea is simple. Stop. Rest. Think. Read. Get out of the hubbub of everyday modern life, sit by the fire, and exist....
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No Fly Nöel 2018
2018 was an interesting year for travel. We stayed close to our 20 trip goal (miraculous), but still managed to hit Argentina, Africa, the Bahamas, New Zealand, and Australia, not to mention a bunch of...
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