Fireworks over the Ohio River
For the 250th Fourth of July (and our 52nd believe it or not wedding anniversary), we drove to Jeffersonville, Indiana, an old port town on
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A Poignant Memorial to a Complex Past
On the second day of our Sister Trip, Jo and I found another memento of Charlottesville’s past, The Memorial to Enslaved Laborers (MEL). The University
Harpers Ferry– A Historical Hotspot
The final stop on our sisters’ trip was Harpers Ferry, up in the eastern corner of WVa, where the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers meet. It’s
June in the Shenandoah Valley!
My sister Jo and I had academic parents, and we grew up in college towns in Virginia. She now lives in Richmond, Virginia. Last year we
Back Home Again in Indiana….
Back Home Again in Indiana “Back Home Again in Indiana” is our state song (composed, btw, by the brother of the great author Theodore Dreiser),
A Café that Welcomes All
I was recently in Michigan visiting my friend Cynthia Furlong Reynolds, and we had a great experience with a group of people who actively “give
Roberts Chapel: A Historic Hoosier Settlement
My husband Jeff and I have spent the last few years travelling throughout Indiana, with plans to write a bestseller (just kidding) book describing the
Mozambique
It is March, 2017. I am in Mozambique—Maputo, the capital city to be precise—at a fancy hotel on the beach. Beyond this deck the Indian
California Roots
Originally published in 2017 Between winter storms who trampled through the Puget Sound area like a stampede, leaving heaps of wet white stuff all over
Can’t Start a Fire without a Spark… Part 1
Can’t Start a Fire without a Spark…. Creating that Spark when You Think You’re Burnt Out You can decide what to love. You can spark
Temporary Utopia: The Lovely New Harmony commune
The Unique New Harmony In the beginning of the pandemic, my husband Jeff and I wanted to keep up our travelling hobby, but do it
“Fellas, it’s been good to know ya.” -The story of “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald”-
So the first “story song” I’d like to discuss is Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” This 1976 folk ballad is in
Trollope: Bad Marriages and Toxic Masculinity
Trollope’s Bad Marriages Anthony Trollope was an advocate of marriage, having famously said that a woman’s “best right” was to a husband, not the vote.