This is to be a welcome vacation… …but first I got some help getting clarity on what I needed a vacation from. Call it corruption. Awoke this morning pretty cold,…

    France is known for “shutting down” for the month of August. Perhaps it is not so prevalent as in years past, but I have been unable to go…

All the hallmarks of a Cascade Mountain pass, but with a southern flavor and a spice of autumn. The hallmarks are, from west to east: lush foothills, dense forests, signature…

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…