Troy has that timeless, Brigadoon quality, or maybe it was just my timing. I never did see Old Priam again, and the town was almost deserted. I do think it…
Have you heard the term ‘escape velocity’? It’s about 59 miles per hour. Or less, as Janet chugged up and over the Cascade Mountains yesterday. Everything I thought I might…
Chartres cathedral doesn’t cast the spell it once did, it seems. Walking back from dinner I was taken aback that the glory of the Almighty needs a cheap boost from…
Montmartre at the Place du Tertre is a little bohemian bubble in time. Though people do live here, it must cost a fortune. In my neighborhood, South Pigalle in the…
