Visiting the “Castle of Light” during the darkest month of the year: An adventure to the National Library of Latvia
You may splinter us, you may break us We’ll reach the horizon, where the sun rises! – from Broken Pines by Rainis by Jaclyn Tilks…
Relax, Energize and Inspire your Creative Side with a stay at San Miguel de Allende’s Casa Delphine
by Antoinette Weil Photo by Antoinette Weil Somewhere in between three and four hours north of Mexico City’s traffic-filled roads and people-filled squares, sits San…
Lord, I Can’t Be Afraid of No Dog
By Tzivia Gover The airport shuttle bounced through the colorful crowded streets of el centro, then wended its way into a scruffy desert neighborhood—and my…
In the Wake of Giants and The Sea of Cortez
by Cyndie Zikmund When John Steinbeck launched a boat expedition in March of 1940 with the purpose of cataloging creatures living in the Sea of…
War Games and Winter in Finland’s Lapland: Arto Paasilinna’s The Year of the Hare
by Toma Kavonius Reading Arto Paasilinna’s The Year of the Hare once again made me yearn for a proper Finnish winter. I have always relished…
Sylvia Plath and Winthrop-By-The-Sea
By Jeffery Round During her early years, Sylvia Plath lived in a number of places in Massachusetts. Of her youthful residences, none is more bleakly picturesque…
Outdoor Adventure in Vermont
by Francis McGovern One of the biggest challenges throughout the year is getting the kids off the TV and video games and out into the…
Robert Louis Stevenson and Western Samoa
Western Samoa claims the largest proportion of full-blooded Polynesians in the world. At last count there were 162,000 of them, a collection of robust…
The Freedom of the 3-Day Effect on a Maine Windjammer Cruise on the Angelique
by Francis McGovern All men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them. – Leonard Cohen, Suzanne Sometimes you need to get away…
The Yin & Yang of Travel: Traveling in Tandem
By Mark D. Walker Share our similarities, celebrate our differences. ― M. Scott Peck “Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of…