Poor Oh Pear!
While traipsing through Vermont, I had to make a stop to pay my respects to those who’d fallen. Those Ben & Jerry’s flavors that just didn’t make it and were […]
Butter Coffee
When I visited a friend in Burlington, Vermont, the first place he took me was to a farm set off a muddy road that he’d been curious about for a […]
File This Fact Away
I know. I was as surprised as you are that on a cold, blustery winter day in Vermont, I was the only person who braved the windchill to pose with […]
Book Review: Braving It
Reading this father/daughter memoir brought back so many memories for me of my short stint living in Alaska. I was nowhere near the remote wilderness that these two were, […]
Shame Masks
In Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a medieval city in the Franconia region of Germany, it is easy to walk along the cobblestone paths that wind through the town and consider […]
A Step Back in Time: Rothenburg ob der Tauber
I spent a day wandering around Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a medieval town surrounded by a massive stone wall. I’d been warned that the crowds are typically very large and […]
Hidden Hundertwasser
As soon as I saw this apartment building in Bad Soden, Germany, I knew it had to be another Hundertwasser marvel. It is so much like the apartment building in […]
A Tree Grows in Greensburg
There is a tree growing out of the Decatur County, Indiana courthouse. It’s Greensburg’s #1 attraction on TripAdvisor. Allegedly, birds are responsible. Remarkably, it is actually the second tree to […]
Holmenkollen Ski Slope
I’ve never skiied. I’ve never even wanted to. The thought of balancing on two runners while I hurtle down a mountain terrifies me. And by “mountain,” I mean bunny […]
Viking Ships in Oslo & Cincinnati
It was my great pleasure to visit the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. I’d arranged to meet with Margrethe, a graduate student who works at the museum and gave my […]
