The Couch Potato’s Moment of Truth Sometime in my thirty-sixth year, I was climbing up a mountain in the steamy greenery of Vietnam.  Lagging behind the rest of the hiking group by a quite a distance, I could only work…

June, around my home, is the time to pick strawberries and visit rose gardens. Strawberries are delicious, but the rose gardens provide my June sustenance. What do I do upon reaching a rose garden? I stroll about the garden walkways,…

It is the first hot and humid day of Spring and my mind wanders to my first trip to Eastern Africa. As my safari was put on hold while awaiting a new jeep tire, we huddled in a small circle…

In the pretty Tuscany region of Italy, are vineyards and Firenze and Lucca and Siena. Siena is a city filled with gothic architecture. Past the tourist center, you can sense the unassuming streets have seen much.   I signed up…

I like to travel with a song. Reaching my memory afar, I can hear them…Deep in the Heart of Texas, I Left my Heart in San Francisco, Side By Side, Chicago, Buttons and Bows, Bali Hai, Easter Parade, Georgia on…