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 …
Scottish Highlands & Islands
After 3 days in Dornoch, Kate, Allene and I were ready for more adventure. Steve drove us two hours across the Highlands …
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 …
Heavenly Concerns at Chautauqua
In the 1950s, my girlfriends and I liked to sleep out in our backyards and watch the stars in the inky black …
Celebrating Independence
As the the Summer Solstice coincided with a full moon for the first time in 49 years, my daughter, grandsons and I …
Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh
On our last day in Scotland Anne Rennie surprised me with a visit to the Edinburgh Art Festival, at Jupiter Artland. Like Storm King …
Relaxing in Scotland
Steve had already played in two Scottish golf tournaments when he met my train in Inverness on August 12. We drove north …
Cherrydale’s Russia Initiative
The year was 1997. In a remote town in the Ural Mountains, two girlfriends in the same apartment building shared dreams. Anna …