The Marble Maker         In my post of a couple of months ago (Small Town, USA, June 2021) I mentioned a small town in West Virginia. The visit to this town, Ellenboro, started...

Crow Soul         I recently took an online MasterClass with Billy Collins, who inspired me to revisit the poetry I have written over the years. The East Lake County Library was having a...

Small Town, USA           When I told my friend, Srianee, about my 2021 goal to have a conversation with 1,000 strangers, she came back the next day with a plan: We take...

     When the idea of traveling alone started to inch its way closer to reality, I realized that I would need to address a few fears. I would be in places where I knew no...

       Near the end of 2017 I sold my Connecticut home and most of my belongings to spend more time with family in Florida coupled with living my dream of traveling throughout the world....