During a summer vacation at Black Cat Island in southern New Hampshire, my friend Irma and I hiked the Mount Morgan & Mount Percival Loop trail. Located near Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, the 5.2 mile heavily trafficked loop is…
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If you enjoy this article, you can subscribe to my weekly email: We all have a “Forest wild”—or should. This is a place in nature where you can go to retreat, reflect . . . and (hopefully) recharge your…
Activities Gratitude Reflections Walking Washington DC
Pandemic Reflection: The Tulips Make Me Want To See
My pandemic reflection is late in being published. I try to regularly publish a weekly article. But it hard to be inspired right now. I didn’t write my weekly blog until Sunday morning because nothing is happening in my…
Right before the pandemic was declared in March 2020, I attended the free U.S. Capitol Tree Tour organized by the U.S. Botanic Gardens. Getting a ticket for this seasonal tour (which is only conducted four times a year) is…
The secret to a perfect visit to Lisbon comes down to one thing—Pastel de Nata (Lisboa’s egg custard tart).Now you will see them sold at Lisbon’s airport snack bars, but resist. Your mission is to check into your hotel…
“No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of a hill. Belonging to it.”—Frank Lloyd Wright I watch a yellow butterfly wave me into her forest hamlet, with a upward sweep of her…
If you enjoy this article, you can subscribe to my weekly email: Visiting Arizona in July turns me into a combustible cactus. It isn’t just hot here in Phoenix. It is HOT. The temperatures make me feel prickly. Arizonans…
Taking a lesson with a professional chef is like peeling an onion. The more time you spend working under his tutelage, the more of the paper-thin skin that is peeled away. I come to Isla Holbox with a desire…
