Lyon, Then & Now
An International Piano Workshop attracted me to Lyon, France in 1994 for twelve intense days of learning new ways to teach music. …
Museums Kids Love
I love taking my grandkids to museums. This summer I’ve visited museums designed specifically for children in Boston, Miami, and West Palm Beach, …
Three Days in Montreal
Three generations of Smiths spent the first three days of September in Montreal, the city named for its Royal Mountain. We stayed in …
A Maine Resort
One way to escape the Florida heat in August is to spend time at the Bethel Inn in western Maine. It worked …
Boston Harbor
Though we’ve flown over the Boston Harbor countless times during the last 50 years and taken the Duck Tour, this was our …
Rising Women
Women who were good at math had few job opportunities in 1939, when this book begins. A few lucky ones became human computers with …
Golf & Friends in Dornoch
Royal Dornoch in Scotland is celebrating 400 years of golf this year. The Club dates back “only” to the 1800s, but the sport …
London Art Treasures
Five days in London on my own? Which museums should I see? The Tate Modern, of course, especially since I could now walk there from …
50 Years with Steve
We were just twenty-two, but somehow we knew/Life would be terrific, if we said “I do.” With Texas backgrounds, we sought East …
Celebrating Independence
As the the Summer Solstice coincided with a full moon for the first time in 49 years, my daughter, grandsons and I …