Talk at the Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Ponder this: a roomful of people have congregated to discuss the issue of slavery and whether the slaveholders in the southern states of the U.S. were civil and humane. Some […]
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Author Spotlight: Britt Skrabanek
“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” Have you ever heard the expression that books let you escape to faraway places? I’ve […]
Book Review: Adventure – Sailing Around the World in Other People’s Boats
Going to a travel influencer’s (we used to be bloggers) conference is like traveling to a designated spot in the world where you can meet your tribe; your people. Finally […]
Book Review: Footsteps
The New York Times: Footsteps As a travel blogger, I completely understand how a place can shape a person’s writing. It’s why I write about travel; because places move and […]
Harper Lee’s Hometown – Monroeville, Alabama
There’s a small patch of land in rural Monroeville, Alabama that seems like it should be hallowed ground among writers. It is the spot of land where Truman Capote grew […]
Make Way For Ducklings, Lentil!
When my son was little, we read Make Way For Ducklings a million times. There’s a bit of onomatopoeia/assonance in it that he just loved; the bit where all the ducklings […]
Browsing The Atlas 