It’s wonderful to meet loved ones in a foreign land. I dropped my son off at the airport for his final quarter at the University of Washington and laughed with glee. “See you in Paris!” He grinned back. “Right.” His graduation gift was a trip to Paris and London with a side outing to the beaches of Normandy. We had a…
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A Glimpse of Heaven on a Cali Bus
Several years ago I traveled to South America to attend a family wedding and there I caught a glimpse of heaven. As my husband, daughter and I flew southeast from San Francisco, then further south, the culture changed from the friendly color of Costa Rica, to the financial powerhouse of Panama to the sultry drama of the world’s center of…
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Thanksgiving Turkey on the beach
Most of our Thanksgiving dinner celebrations look like the mob on the left. Those are my Sicilian relatives and Thanksgiving is the annual reunion. My nuclear family makes it to dinner with them every couple years, but we know we’re always invited. Indeed, this year half of my family attended and I autographed copies of my book! During our Navy…
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Will No One Invite Us to Thanksgiving?
Not Thanksgiving invitation? Let people know and accept the charity!
Traveler’s Tales: Was I a Slave?
Back in the closing years of the last century, my children and I drove across the entire state of Tennessee in one day. We were on a mission to get from Annapolis, MD to Santa Monica, CA in the shortest possible time, so we didn’t do much sightseeing along the way. On day 2, however, I decided we needed to…
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Joyfully Researching History
The joy of researching history on line, circa 2012!
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