One of my favorite sayings is “You don’t have to tell ME three times.” This is because often it takes more than one error for things to r...

Following a wonderful month in Italy, I'm enjoying reminiscing. Here are a few special memories of the madonnelle, people, dogs, and gel...

You want it to last forever. Yes I missed home, and my dog, but I spent my entire vacation writing, eating, drinking, meeting interestin...

I recently returned from a four-week vacation and writer's retreat in Italy. While I was away, one of my dogs fell deathly ill AND the b...

When with people from other places, I quickly notice how we say very common things in different ways. For two glorious weeks, at a wonde...

My travel experiences have been varied and broad but never included Las Vegas. That has been on purpose. After all, my biased opinion o...