Travels with ButterCup

Artist and lifelong adventuress Andrea Jansen, supported by faithful ButterCup, spent over a dozen years recovering from her midlife crisis. What began as a travel blog developed into a personal tale of avoiding homelessness and hopelessness with thought-provoking points of view; plus some new adventures, too. Welcome!

Jul 22, 2025

Whaddaya Gonna Say?

Trump-bump -Trump pushed Coke to release a NEW Coke made with cane sugar instead of corn syrup. Still makes you fat and contributes to diab...

Jul 18, 2025

Red Velvet Blues

I regret not having any photographs from the tale I'm about to tell, but Amy was too busy throwing baking pans around the kitchen; nois...

Jul 16, 2025

The Spartan Way

I stared at this morning's headline about the ending of two programs providing assistance to the Deaf/Hard of Hearing. I thought of the ...

Jul 9, 2025

When Did I Start Failing the 'Pencil Test'?

I just tried it with an eyebrow pencil I don't use. Wait - suck in the stomach, that oughta help. Nope. Other one, too? DAMN! Ment...

Jul 1, 2025

Bad Ideas Often Lead to Good Times

(Final leg of a recent cross-country trip .) I was out of Iowa in no time and into Nebraska, April 17th. This was, indeed, the same route ...

Jun 16, 2025

The Only King I Want Has a BURGER In It

Saturday's No Kings demonstration was my first, and I wasn't alone with that distinction. Of course, we may have simply forgotten ...

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