When planning my trip to New Orleans, several people suggested visiting a plantation. Oak Alley, an hour outside the city, was of particular interest because of its 300-year-old alley of McDonogh oaks. More than that, …
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Oak Alley Plantation
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The Streets of New Orleans
You first enter New Orleans a little tone deaf and flat-footed, tripping over the broken, heat-stressed sidewalks and the frenetic pace of Bourbon Street. Maybe there’s a Hurricane in your belly. You feel like simmering …
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Happy New Year!
Good-bye 2016. We had some great adventures!
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Capturing Iceland
This is my Iceland Writers Retreat writing competition submission. While I didn’t win this year, I was one of the finalists. I’m including the photos I took during the 2014 layover that inspired this piece. …
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Return to Venice
Okay, I’m not actually in Venice, Italy right now (physically, anyway). But, with falling temperatures and snow in the Pacific Northwest forecast, it’s tempting to look back on warmer days. I snapped these pictures last year …
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Missing Kerry
Rossbeigh Beach Near the village of Glenbeigh on the Ring of Kerry, Ireland I have never counted all the pictures I took while living in Ireland. There are probably thousands. I keep them in folders …
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Ireland: Land of Rainbows
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Time for Reflection
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American Refugee: 5 Reasons to Visit Inishturk, Ireland
Last summer I read an article about a tiny Irish island that would welcome American refugees if Donald Trump is elected President of the United States. It was a joke, of course, probably meant to …
