In an English country garden
Beautiful stone walls and hedges border garden beds brimming with flowers, busy bees and all shades of green. Gardeners are hard at work, and visitors are…
Mischievous little men
What could be more mischievous than a leprechaun? I didn’t see any “real” leprechauns when I made my first visit to Ireland last year but their…
Blogging at Camp Creative
Blogs are as diverse as the people who write them. I’ve just spent a very interesting week teaching a “Blogging for Beginners” course at a summer…
Laughter in Laos
Laughter is the best medicine, so they say. Travelling has been the source of many laughs for me, one of its joys being the people I’ve…
Walking the line at Auckland Airport
New Zealand’s largest city – Auckland – must have one of the easiest methods of transport between its international and domestic airports that I’ve ever come…
Travel Theme: Sparkle
New year, new challenges. Today I’m starting a challenge that will help me share images from my bulging travel photo files. I’ve been watching other blogs…
Blogging along in 2014
Statistically, 2014 was a great year for my blogging efforts. I love seeing the numbers grow as more readers find me and love hearing from you…
My travel year in pictures
It’s been a crazy travel year for me. I don’t think I’ve ever been on the road so much, and while I’ve loved it, there’s got…
A Christmas pudding made with love
The pudding bowl is on the table, filled with luscious dried fruit and glace cherries, soaked in rum. As my daughter and I arrive for the…
My love affair with London
“When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.” So wrote the 18th century essayist and poet Samuel Johnson. He could easily have…
A Glass Half Full 