Yesterday I was hot

 Yesterday, I was hot and happy.  It was 73F.

Today, I am cold and cranky. It was 43F.

St Bridget's Cross- Ireland- 2023

 

The Taj - India

 This was a great day. The moment was beautiful. Everywhere I looked I saw nothing of stunning women, in slightly colored saris, sitting in the sun, enjoying the moment.

Fooling Around with AI and Making Myself Look As Mean As Possible

 

School Kids- Ethiopia- 2026

 We visited thier classroom and they were as thrilled to see us as we were to see them. They are second graders and already, they are learning English and able to speak with us a little bit.

Lucy- Ethiopia- 2026

 

Festivals Around the World

Here are a few of the festivals and celebrations I've attended in my life time:

• Naaman Festival- Mongolia- 2006
• Celebration of the Dead- Mexico- 2025
• Mardi Gras- New Orleans- 1976
• Pope John Paul II- Philadelphia, PA -1979
• Pope Francis- Philadelphia, PA 2015
• Bethlehem Musik Festival- Bethlehem, PA-1996
• World's Fair- NYC- 1963
• St Patrick's Day Parade- NYC- 1978, 1979
• St Patrick's Day Parade- Chicago, IL- 1995
• Henley Regatta- London- 1982
• Lunar New Year- Chinatown, Philadelphia, PA-1988
• Expo 67- Montreal, Canada
• Oktoberfest- Germany- 2018
• Porchfest- West Chester, PA- 2023
• New Year's Eve- Time Square, NYC- 1977
• New Year's Eve- San Fransisco, CA- 2000
• New Year's Eve- London, England- 1982
• The Running of the Reindeers- Anchorage, Alaska- 2016
• Celtic Colors International Music Festival- Cape Benton, Canada- 2019

Tunisia photos

 

African Travels

Travels to Africa

• Kenya- 1994
• South Africa- 1994, 2001
• Namibia- 2001
• Botswana- 2001
• Zimbabwe- 2001
• Morocco- 2008
• Egypt- 2010
• Tanzania- 2016
• Rwanda- 2024
• Tunisia- 2025
• Ethiopia- 2026

Traveling Through Asia

Traveling Through Asia

• China - 1994, 2012, 2015

• Japan- 1994
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• Indonesia- 2019
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• Singapore- 1994
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• Thailand- 1992
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• Viet Nam- 2005
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• Cambodia- 2005
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• Bangladesh- 2019
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• Hong Kong- 1994, 2005
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• Nepal- 1999, 2017
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• Tibet- 1999      
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• Borneo- 2019
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• Tajikistan- 2025
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• Bhutan 2017

• Uzbekistan- 2025
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• Jordan- 2019
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• Israel- 2019
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• Palestine- 2019

• India- 1994, 2004, 2015

Pajaretes

Pajaretes

Day of the Dead Celebration

Mexico

November 2, 2025
 

My friend insisted I try this beverage. She claims everyone in Mexico drinks it. So I blindly and dutifully tried it. We were given a pint styrofoam cup and offered various mixers of coffee, hot chocolate, strawberry powder cinnamon, sugar, powdered milk and other unknown powdered. We were told to add as many of these powders as we lie. I picked a teaspoon of hot chocolate and a teaspoon of coffee and shrugged my shoulders. I didn't know what I was doing. Then the man pulled out a gallon of water and asked my friend, "two shots or one shot?" She told him she was a big girl so he pours out two shots and dumped it in to her cup. It was tequila. He also gave me two shots as well. Nikki paid him $2 for both cups. 

We were then instructed to go over the cow. Nikki went first and a farmer quickly tied up the hind legs of the cow and milked her until Nikki's cup was full. He then reached over and took my cup and filled it as well. 

Nikki looked at me and I looked at her and we laughed and tapped our cups together and offered "cheers". With trepidation, I slowly took a sip. It was warm which startled me. I was expecting cold milk.  We drank in small sips and it wasn't bad but it wasn't necessarily good. Nikki didn't finish her cup because the presence of tequila was pronounced and she had to drive. I finished mine and began calculating when I should expect to suffer the consequences of drinking raw milk.

Yough River Brewing Company

Yough River Brewing Company

Fayetteville, PA

September 2025

 I spent a great afternoon at this place. I came in, wearing my Penn State tee shirt, on a Saturday afternoon thinking this would immediately give me a quick, common bond with people at the bar. I grossly underestimated the PSU connection. A Pitt game was on two of the three screens at the bar. PSU was on the TV at the end of the bar. And I was told by the Pitt people to stay in my corner of the bar. Regardless, we still had lots of bantering with each other and I enjoyed my beer and I would encourage anyone to go here for an enjoyable time.

The Book Mobile

Facebook Post

Bridget E Kelly is  reading books in Perryville, MD.

December 4, 2014

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Riding in the big ass book mobile.

Beverly Sutton Lawrence- " Riding in the *big ass* book mobile" Hmm. Seems like it might not be working, Bridget ... are you sure it's in a forward gear? To whit: colossal enormous gigantic huge immense massive sizable substantial tremendous vast ample brimming bulky burly capacious commodious (rotf,lmho)

Bridget E Kelly It's working alright. We wandered around to a few local developments in the area.

Beverly Sutton Lawrence- Hmm ... seems my sarcasm volume button must be set to 'mute' ... lol!

Maureen Stalter- Love it!!!

Lucinda Taber- Like this. Are you going to become a librarian Bridget?

Shelley Evans- Immense posteriors aside (if that's possible), I happened to notice your name, Bridget E Kelly, listed as a Cecil County Public Library Foundation Board member, on a brochure I received in snail mail (slow post, for starters, Beverly Sutton Lawrence) lately. Thanks for all you do!

Judy Jackson-Grier- I love it!

Linda Marshall- You are involved in so much. How do you manage it all.