Unforgettable Italy: Hiking, Polenta, Lake Como, and the Italian Alps
“Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the…
Italy’s Lost City of Pompeii: A Photojournal
The Forum, Pompeii, Italy, with Mount Vesuvius volcano in the background The day I visited the Lost City of Pompeii was an ominous day, threatening rain as I walked the…
Best European Travels
Oliver Wendall Holmes Jr. 10 Favorite Places to Visit in Italy Pisa, the Italian Riviera, Switzerland, and Home to Prague: a photojournal Italy: Tuscany and Rome, a photojournal EAT, STRAY,…
Turks and Caicos, Paradise: Dream Destination Come True
“It starts with a dream. Add faith, and it becomes a belief. Add action, and it becomes a part of life. Add perserverance, and it becomes a goal in sight.…
New York City: Business Travels, Snow, and Best Friends: a Photojournal
There’s no place like home. – Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz A long time ago, I grew up in New York City. Not the kind of growing up made of…
Must-Read Memoir: Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance – Jennifer Lyn King
I might know a thing or two about being a hillbilly. Much of my growing up took place in the Ozarks of Arkansas catching crawdads and eating black-eyed peas at…
8 Summer Afternoon Beauties: a Photojournal
“Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” ― Henry James Garden Roses Summer is my favorite season For its…
A Book, a Painting, a Garden, and Some Summer Reads
“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of…
10 Late Summer Treasures
There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart. -Celia Thaxter It’s late August, and my boys are all tucked back in to their school rhythms. 7th, 5th, and 3rd…
A Lasting Spring, in photos
“Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses…” – Sir Alan Herbert This past weekend, I took advantage of the warm hours of sunshine, slipped on my gardening gloves, and…