I arrived on the Cape in a very small plane. I was wearing, rust-colored cords, brown tweed blazer, and a self-fashioned bandana crop top. Sounds like a Joni Mitchell song. * Don’t it…
From Rain Dodging 32-33. Jesse was then fifteen, a gifted and passionate dancer attending a two-week summer workshop at Bates College in Maine. Upon her workshop’s end, I flew into Manchester, New…
Years and years ago, after dropping my daughter off at the University of Vermont, in Burlington, for a 2-week high school summer debate camp, I went exploring graduate campuses for…
https://hasanjasim.online/the-rainbow-mountain-in-peru-is-unlike-anything-youve-ever-seen-before/?fbclid=IwAR2wq5rS02YxwVJMJFKzpJdJs6zTUccaYAqafNyUXiA0CS1OWVrKnrA1eTA Rainbow Mountain in Peru is unlike anything ever seen. Vinicunca, also known as Montaa de Siete Colores (Seven Colored Mountain), is a part of Peru’s unique natural topography. It…
From: Hasan Jasim In the heart of Hunan Province, two dozen workers defy gravity to construct China’s longest sightseeing mountain road. Every day, these builders walk a treacherous path along…
I am not crazy. Eccentric — maybe. But not crazy. Juju/Woowoo not my thing. But . . . My ‘Our Mackinac Island Scattering’ blog (July 28, 2022) describes scattering my…
On the way to a Lake Michigan cottage between Frankfort and Arcadia--to escape Tennessee heat and humidity for a few weeks--we stopped in Traverse City, my father’s hometown. I wanted…
From journal, Kent & St. Albans, Hertfordshire My last morning in Kent. After breakfast I settled my bill at the little inn where I so pleasantly stayed for 3 nights.…
Looking for something else, naturally, I stumbled onto two journal entries from my sojourn in Britain. Entry 1 British Channel, Calais, France. The ferry to Calais was fun. Sun shining but…
In my opinion, unexpected finds are the most remembered. I was wandering Michigan’s Upper Peninsula last summer when I turned a bend and saw what remains of the majestic Quincy…