PHILLY B AND B
Not long ago, I considered myself to be a minor expert on Bed and Breakfast Internet searches. Our latest experience in Philadelphia, however, has shaken …
O to be in England…Day 1
10 January 2016 UK Sunday morning sunlight streams in though the window of our room in this nine hundred year old estate, just an hour or …
O to be in England…Day 2
11 January 2016 UK Poking about in this old and elegant manor, I am startled by the appearance of William the Pheasant, not one of the …
O to be in England…Day 3
12 January 2016 UK Bright and early, I’m off to London, but not to visit the Queen. I forgot to tell her I’d be in town. …
O to be in England…Day 4
13 January 2016 Back on the train on this crisp and cold morning. Mark drives me to the station and expresses relief from the soggy winter …
O to be in England…Day 5
14 January 2016 England swings like a pendulum do! Down to breakfast, and chats with the two servers, Jean and Powla. Yes, that’s how she spells it, …
JULY WINDS DOWN
High Summer. The earth is poised for a rainshower that can’t make up its mind. Thunder threatens in the distance as gnats swarm around me. …
WINTRY MIX
Hazy sun in a dirty gray sky, clouds pregnant with snow. A trio of freezing rain, snow showers, and wintry mix is on the way. …
TULIP THERAPY
Oh, I know we only have four days left in February, and we can hear March calling. But remember, she is a fickle girl. She …
PLANT SOMETHING, SAYS ROBERT FROST
It’s May, the peak of the year from my perspective. The forest is filled with lacy new leaves in every shade imaginable, from pale pink …