Postcard from Ocean City, Md.
As the nights grow longer, the darkness gives way to holiday lights. Before we ring in the new year, I’ll probably see a half dozen holiday displays. On Thanksgiving weekend […]
Monthly Archives: November 2015
Holiday shopping in Frederick
Good grief, holiday shopping is upon us!! I love the malls with all their stores, children lined up to see Santa Claus, the food court. and all in well-heated comfort. […]
Textures of the desert: Desert Botanical Garden
The Desert Botanical Garden tops my list of must-sees when I visit Phoenix. There’s something about the cactus, the blossoms I’ll never see back east, the colors. Oh, and I […]
View from the hole in the rock
Want to climb through the hole in the rock? A newly-arrived resident of Phoenix had discovered this geological phenomenon with her friend and up they climbed. They took in the […]
Remembrance: Beaches of Normandy
We stood on a hill, looking out over the wide golden beaches, clouds scudding over the grey-green waves, a breeze whipping past. Craters filled with grass and wildflowers, broken concrete […]
10,000 step tour: Baltimore’s waterfront
As luck would have it, I found myself with an opportunity to stay in Baltimore’s gleaming new Harbor East neighborhood. Of course, I took it. Born and raised here, I […]
POSTCARD FROM the Desert Botanical Garden
You never know what you’ll see at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix. You expect cactus, boojum trees and lizards. But an exuberantly-colored bougainvillea carefully kept as a bonsai tree? […]
A Day Away Travel 
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