Almost Ready and Packed. We leave the house at Noon. I’ve stopped the mail. Hubby Bill mowed the front and backyard, our dishes from...

It’s May 1 – May Day—when Workers’ Day commemorates the struggles and gains made by workers and the labor movement, woven from ancient...

There is some nostalgia when photos taken in the past pop up on the day it was taken, years notwithstanding. One of many I took on my...

August 2018 The Grand Mosque - The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is one of the largest mosques in the world in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Temperature...

While having lunch with my bee-mates last month in a kind of/sort of pub place called Franklin’s in Hyattsville, Maryland, we got to...

A last-minute invite to the Smithsonian African-American Museum in Washington, D.C ., is where I spent most of this second day of the new...

While I work on highlighting 2024 in a future blog post, where there was, thankfully, a lot of travel (using photos for memories, too), I...

Sixty-three is an odd number, but I don’t feel so odd with this particular birthday. I still feel 25 or 30. Ahem. Perhaps celebrating...

I couldn’t wait to get down to Williamsburg to meet up with writing friends Katy Dalgleish and Julies Rains (and their husbands) to take...

How do you feel when you enter any museum? The largest ones, like the Met in NYC, The British Museum in London, and most of the...

It’s always a treat to be in touch, and even better, to meet up in person with my writing friends! This past weekend, I picked up...

I love people! Luckily, I've been blessed to have several trips over the past several months, including my family, sewing sisters, global...

I knew I liked those impressionist artists, and not just for their amazing body of work that is loved the world over, still today. They...

Did you know French chocolates are super scrumptious? I almost didn't... They say European chocolates are delicious. Some of the best...

D-Day 80th Anniversary 6/6/2024