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Snow and Sand at Sleeping Bear Dunes
If one ventures out into the wintry north, you can see the shores of Sleeping Bear Dunes painted white. Wearing ice cleats to have a sturdy pace, we made our way to the Lake Michigan Overlook to view them in January. Swishing slowly in our heavy snow gear, we plodded...
A Paradise Called Pučišća
I drift in the water of the Adriatic Sea, my body floating with my arms in a T shape. It's just me, the water, and the sky. I pick up the distant whir of an engine under the surface. Lifting my head from my bed of waves I see a small boat zip by. I look around and...
A Day Trip to Villa d’Este
There is a place not far from Rome, where one hundred fountains rest in a row and grand promenades decorate the slope over a town called Tivoli. There is a garden that will make you wonder how and a design that will make you wonder who. You will want to know more...
Days in Deutschland
My visit to Deutschland was a low key, relaxing stop to spend time with some friends of mine. We strolled the quaint city streets of Lippstadt, ate sushi in Paderborn and visited castles near the River Rhine. I was even able to experience soaring speeds on the...
Bologna
Bologna, where to begin, there are many moments that are imprinted in my mind of this city, one blurring past the other when I remember my time there. Miniature movies that play and give glimpses of happy, heat filled days. The vanilla sky peaking through alleys and...
Beautiful Days of Blue and White in Brighton
I had a dream long ago of a long white pier, ornate and beautiful on a blue sea. I floated above it as if in a plane circling it. The image as been drifting in my mind since. I knew on this trip I wanted to see the white cliffs of Dover and in researching them, I...
The Familiar and the Foreign
What is in the missing of a person, a place, a thing? The ache of longing for a familiar face, a home cooked meal, or one's own bed settles in when on the road. There is a comfort in being in the same space as a good friend or hearing a love's laugh. Sometimes as I...
