Peru. Time travel to 2011 and visit a remarkable long-lost Incan civilization that flourished in the majestic mountain-top city of Machu Picchu. Alpacas stroll around and provide luxurious wool for sweaters and scarves. Thirty kinds of potatoes grow in Peru. Yum. Peru lies in South America like a jewel studded with the … [Read more…]
Happy New Year – 2016 – to all you blog subscribers and also to any visitors to my website! This post is dedicated to you. Without readers … well, I’d keep blogging, but it might not be as much fun. Thank you for your comments, insights, and remarks of all kinds last year. … [Read more…]
‘Tis the season to be … jolly, merry, generous, truth-telling, extra loving, and whatever else makes for a better world. If that’s what it’s all about, I say, what’s good for this season is good for all seasons. Christmas in Germany A few years ago my husband, Hoyt, and I toured Germany in the spring, not during … [Read more…]
In 2009 my husband, Hoyt, and I took a 4 1/2 month trip around the world. We planned the itinerary ourselves. Our purpose, a combination of work and vacation, included stays in six countries and also Tibet, an autonomous region in the Himalayan mountains, the former home of the Dalai Lama. … [Read more…]
Don’t know about you, but I’ve been focusing on trying to be more thankful for what freedoms and joys we actually have … especially for beauty when I see it or hear it or feel it these days. Which has prompted me to wonder, thanks to a famous poem, about beauty’s relationship to truth. … [Read more…]