Note to my readers: The site Lighthearted Travel is closing its doors. For that reason, I'm taking one of my essays from that site and putting it here. I hope you enjoy it. This was a travel article I wrote soon after coming home from Bhutan. Remember that most photos can be … [Read more...]
Portland’s Japanese Garden
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. -Basho The Japanese Garden of Portland, Oregon sits on 5.5 acres of lush tranquility just at the outskirts of a busy city. Open year round due to the mild climate of Portland, it has been proclaimed the … [Read more...]
New England Reunion
I was bribed to go to the high school reunion. Bribed with the promise of apple pie and homemade ice cream at the Mountain Creamery in Woodstock, Vermont. Bribed by covered bridges in Cornwall and pumpkin stands all along route 7. Bribed by classic Salt box homes in Stockbridge, … [Read more...]
La Conner, Washington: Girl Trip
What’s better than a road trip with a good buddy? Some of you thought: husband maybe? Others of you protested, no way, it’s my dog, of course. But girlfriend, boyfriend, husband, dog, your current stud muffin…… A good road trip friend is a great friend indeed. Just think … [Read more...]
Stillness and Scarecrows
On a lonely road between Redfield and Gettysburg... Sometimes just knowing that this place exists—a field of sunflowers in late September on a lonely road between Redfield and Gettysburg in South Dakota; an old white clapboard Church and a few gravestones—is enough. Today it’s … [Read more...]