A Love Story and a Silver Lining

Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying close to home. July 19th, 2020 I have a question for you. In your life, what place calls to you, speaks to you, or most inspires you to

Che, Fidel and Short Stories from Cuba

Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying at home. July 12th, 2020 Everywhere in Cuba, the faces of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara remind the country of its past and everything that changed on July

The Long Way to Santiago de Cuba

Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying at home. July 6th, 2020 After yesterday’s tour of Havana, we’re headed all the way south to Santiago de Cuba. Today we’ll go by magic carpet, but my

Revisiting Nepal, Part 4

Daily Posts: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 14th, 2020 It’s summit day! Our journey into the Himalayas culminates on top of Kala Patthar at 18,200 feet (5,547 meters) where we encounter a clear

Revisiting Nepal, Part 3

Daily Posts: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 13th, 2020 Resuming our trek toward Mount Everest, today’s (re)post takes us farther into the Himalayas to Tengboche Monastery. Our arrival here was serendipitous — on

Revisiting Nepal, Part 2

Daily Posts: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 12th, 2020 Today, I’m continuing with the second (re)post from my trip to Nepal in 2005. We had arrived in Lukla and started our trek toward

Revisiting Nepal, Part 1

Daily Posts: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place. May 11th, 2020 Yesterday’s post about Mount Everest inspired some nice comments so this week I’m going to re-post a few entries about the journey that led

Final Postcards From My Grandmother, 1972

This is the last post of a four-part series. To read the first three posts, go here, here and here. It was summer, 1972 — exactly 45 years ago. As my grandmother Peg set out on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Europe, I was almost two years old and learning to talk in the U.S., and my future husband was about