"I find that the district he named is in the extreme east of the country, just on the borders of three states, Transylvania, Moldavia and...

What happens to a travel blog when Travel As We Know It ceases to exist? The Covid-19 pandemic, besides being devastating to those...

Sometimes you want your travel decisions to be simple, and what could be simpler than a vacation to the 50th state? Hawaii’s 5 (ish)...

Unless you’ve had your head in a snowbank, you probably know that Iceland has become a “hot” destination. Northern Lights-seekers,...

This is the season when most sane (or insane) Americans are On Vacation. School’s out, the weather’s warming, plans have been made for...

Have you ever had a vacation so epic that the only way to feel like you deserved it was to work your butt off for months beforehand? This...

When I first moved to the lost tip of this lost corner of Washington, it was a deliberate exit from all that was the madness, I tell you,...

So you’re off to Cuba, and ready for a week (or more) in Havana. You’ve already read my last post — A Half-Dozen “Have-To’s” in...

Let’s not say “if” you ever get to Cuba — let’s just say you will. Because discovering a time capsule in your back yard is not an...

My #1 resolution for 2016 is to finally become a Cosmic Tripster. No, I can’t afford a ride on Virgin Galactic. But I do have enough...

Four years ago on this day, I woke up to find myself a widow. Four years ago on this day, my life careened into uncharted waters. Four...

“Mushroom hunting folk are a really weird type of person — there’s as many varieties of them as there are mushrooms,” says Chris Matherly...

There are dozens of varieties of edible, wild mushrooms to be found in the Pacific Northwest. In June, I went in search of the queen of...

So yeah, I’ve been away a while, and a lot has happened since I talked to you last. I made this my new front yard: I did a little...

SUMMER SOLSTICE, 2014 Last year, at the suggestion of my beau, I celebrated the summer solstice with a ritual which has officially become...

A year ago at this time, I truly believed that I had lost my ability to experience joy. This was not a dispassionate observation — I was...