Books are travel in themselves. When we can’t travel by train, boat, plane, or car, we have books to take us where we want to go. These ten books are a small sampling of a few favorites set in Western Europe. The Plum Tree by Ellen Marie Wiseman (Germany) The […]
Words are so special to me. They carry power and feeling and allow us to communicate and connect with each other. But with all my study and use of words, I still find it hard to pinpoint the exact words to convey the movement and shifting of my soul when […]
Is cruising right for you? It depends on your travel style and travel goals, and your preferences will determine where you land of the spectrum of cruise likability. There are some who swear by cruising and won’t travel any other way. Others vow that they will “never set foot on […]
In a previous post, I wrote that adventure begins at home and listed the virtues of finding nuance in your own backyard. Moving a bit beyond my own property, I have found many other worthwhile adventures in and around my hometown of Montpelier, Idaho. I played tourist in a familiar […]
In the backyard of my childhood home, there were five pine trees growing parallel to a fence at the edge of our property. Stately and evergreen, those trees were likely planted as an aesthetic windbreak, but for my brother, my friends, and me, they were the gateways to hours of […]
