Finding Our Way to Vermont
I’m often asked how we wound up in Vermont. It’s a good story, one I enjoy telling if given enough time. At the same time, it occurs to me that if one owns one’s own website (now there’s a tongue … Read More
My Annual Christmas Eve Post for 2020
Many of my friends here in Vermont see winter as a time to pull out the skis, the sleds, the toboggans and hit the hills. Not me. Over the past few decades, I’ve come to see winter as a time … Read More
Travel, Immigration, and suitcases
Though I won’t write about a land I am officially forbidden to visit on my own (see my recent post), I will write a bit about the pull to travel, to explore, to move that we humans many humans have. … Read More
A missed opportunity, subjunctively speaking
At the point where the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Caribbean Sea meet, lies an island of 12 million people fewer than 100 miles from our Florida coast. Yet it’s a travel destination few Americans consider. That … Read More
Autumn Leaves: A memory
[box type=”info”] An update: Woody’s hand surgery went smoothly last Wednesday afternoon and the biopsy came back with the expected good news. His sutures come out on Friday and he’ll have full use of his hand in another week. More … Read More
Meet Lindsay de Feliz
I’ll post her bio and her blog links below. Without further ado (I love saying that) I bring you Lindsay de Feliz. Adapting to the culture of the Dominican Republic and reverse culture shock when returning to the … Read More
A New Look At Time
On November 4 it’ll be time to turn our clocks again — Jet lag without the hassle of airplane security and cramped seats. I can hardly wait. Those of you who have followed me for awhile know I have done … Read More
The Traveler’s Honeymoon
And So It Goes is getting back to its roots with today’s guest post. And I for one am thrilled. Richard C. Burke is a professor of English at Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia, where he has taught since 1985. … Read More
Finding Your Courage
I can’t find the origin of that statement — I’ve used it for over twenty years — and fear it may be lost. I’ll use it anyway. I sat down to write a post on last Saturday’s Women’s March, … Read More