Sometimes it can be no fun being a reader, or a writer. When we are young, reading is mostly homework. If we are a writer, the written word… in sentences, paragraphs, pages… is mostly work. It’s a job, a duty, a necessity, always open to criticism. But sometimes, certainly not […]
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One of the rich rewards of being a US citizen living abroad is returning home. Recently I spent a month stateside attending two important events. The first was my 50th college reunion (that’s right, half a century since I received my undergraduate diploma) and a grandchild’s high school graduation. Each […]
I felt the urge to visit El Cuyo, Mexico ever since two little French Canadian girls mentioned they were going back to visit. Their parents had made a family escape from Canadian winter to where we live and during their stay, found a happy excursion where the only seeming drawback […]
No culture reveres family more openly than the Mexican. And at no time is this more apparent than during the annual observance known as “El Dia de las Muertos.” This two day extravagance is the culmination of a national fascination which lasts all year long. It’s about family, about death, about […]
While staying at Hostel in the Forest, near Georgia’s Atlantic Coast, Chip is invited to join an aquatic expedition to Sapelo Island, one of Georgia’s numerous “barrier islands” that separate the state’s rich, historic marshland from the sea. He is totally on board for the daylong event with three other […]
Just before dawn Screech Owls say their final “good night.” And nearby chickens crow “good morning,” led by Dr. Bronner, Papa Rooster to a brood of nearly 40. I lie fully awake in my elevated nest eight feet above the brushy forest floor. My comfortable, compact cabin affords a 360 […]
Muralists from around the world converged once again in tiny Akumal, Mexico to display talent and engage with kindred spirits at the 2022 Akumal Arts Festival. Health concerns put the annual event on hiatus in 2021. But in January 2022, the scaffolds and spray cans returned with a vengeance. Street […]
DC commuters creep along multi-lane expressways to workspaces with no windows. It’s morning rush hour. And this seeming poor for a holiday departure actually energizes us for the trip ahead. We are heading north for an annual Autumn adventure. The one week itinerary has confirmed stops at Lake Erie, Stratford […]