The South End is one of my favorite Boston neighborhoods. Complete with handsome brownstones, narrow streets lined with majestic old growth trees, and grassy parks offering a bit of green in a historic, urban environment. The doorways give a hint to the formality of an …
Somehow a Scottish castle doesn’t strike me as the underpinnings of today’s overdone mcmansions. They allow my imagination to drift to the times of clans and fifedoms, not always so magical as the necessity to build a castle implies that someone else wants what you …
One of my favorite places to hike is on the Isle of Skye, Scotland wandering alongside the sheep, high above the sea. Rainbows, rock walls, lush green grass and crisp air makes me feel so very right with the world. One more reason I love …
While on the hunt for new, old kitchen chairs-that is antique chairs to replace the current new ones, I traveled to Essex. Massachusetts which has a boatload of antique shops. I found all sorts of great pieces that I don’t need, and some that I …
This summer I went wandering through the Hudson River Valley and noodled my way to the Old Chatham Sheepherding Company in Old Chatham, New York. It is a lovely spot, although spot hardly describes it as it covers acres upon acres of lush green pastures …
Just a few weeks ago I ventured to one of the most idyllic parts of New England. The Connecticut shore boasts many perfect seaside towns and villages, but arguably I may have found two of the best noodling around Essex and Old Lyme. In the …
When I was a girl my father occasionally talked about his experiences as a young man tent camping just beyond the beach in York, Maine. He spoke so longingly of special times swimming, cooking and sitting by a campfire, doing little to nothing while enjoying …
In the American tradition I went to the local Memorial Day Parade and cemetery observances this morning. After hearing the prayers and speeches citing the remembrances of the fallen in conflicts throughout the world involving the US armed services, I was struck by the notion …
Throughout the years I have enjoyed many happy days in Traverse City, Michigan at a friend’s home watching their adorable, toddler boys mature into handsome, sensitive, intelligent young men as well as having absorbed glimpses of life on Grand Traverse Bay in all seasons. On …
On a recent trip to Dublin I wandered through Trinity College in the city center. Entering at the front gate and onwards to Parliament Square, I could feel the history of this storied institution. Founded in 1592 by Queen Elizabeth I, it is the oldest …