Perthshire’s Treasures
The word treasure names something of great worth, like my marriage to Steve, whose August 22 birthday we celebrated soon after we reached …
Dornoch 2025
Dornoch is a treasure trove of delights for me: playing piano in the Cathedral, singing in the choir, walking in the woods, …
Baltic Sea, Part 2
Following visits to four ports described in Baltic Sea, Part 1, we docked at Riga Latvia to discover a prosperous, well-preserved city. …
Baltic Sea, Part 1.
On July 24, Marjo and I boarded the Clio, a ship that holds 88 passengers and a crew of 50 and could …
Wonderful Copenhagen!
Copenhagen was the start of the Baltic Sea voyage my friend Marjo and I took July 20 – August 4 to celebrate …
Kenya Safari
In Kenya, a sign welcomes visitors to the Rift Valley, which extends 6000 kilometers along the eastern edge of Africa, from …
Spring in Cambridge
Violet and I arrived in Boston on April 23 to find trees just beginning to turn green. The next morning my friend …
San Francisco Joys
In mid-April, Lilli had business in Berkeley CA while Violet was on school break; she invited Steve and me to join them …
Watchword for 2025
Instead of packing away this Christmas stocking holder, I decided to keep it on my bookshelf so that JOY could be my watchword …
Steamboat Springs
In 1963 my parents and I stayed for a week at Rabbit Ears Lodge, a special treat the Phillips Petroleum Company granted …