JOURNEYS

MOVING PARTS 3

THE ALLEN WRENCH AND ME When you are raised in a household that is unrelentingly female, there is a lot that you never experience. I …

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MOVING PARTS 4

STUYVESANT STREET IT’S A SMALL THING IN THE LIGHT OF WORLD HUNGER, BUT I HAVE ALWAYS LONGED TO LIVE ON A STREET WITH A POETIC …

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SPRING EXPLOSION

Somebody somewhere dumped over the paintbox. Color everywhere. The forest burgeoning with delicate green lace, backed by a sky of fathomless blue, reaching beyond space/time. …

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SWEET SPOT IN THE MOUNTAINS

We just spent a cozy night at Stonehurst Manor in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. After a drive north in the brilliance of autumn’s …

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MILK DUD

I squeezed my way down the aisle of Flight 532, threading my carryon and myself all the way back to Seat 34B. Flanked by two …

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CAROUSEL DRIVE-IN

If I were to dream up the ultimate drive-in, it would be Carousel.It is high summer, a perfect afternoon in June. People line up with …

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WALMART IN WARRENTON

After 44 plus years in the same house, the same community, with the same friends, the thought of moving to a new state was daunting. …

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SUOMI aka FINLAND

It’s a trip of a lifetime for us, a dream come true. Our first stop was Helsinki, a beautiful, squeaky clean and uncomplicated city. Flowers …

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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 …

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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 …

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