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…

Heading back north now, I wanted to linger in the countryside a bit before it began to be urbanized. I had about 390 miles to go to my next hotel,…

I was a little afraid to return to Frenchglen, because the winds of change have caused havoc everywhere. I nurse poignant memories from times I was here–2006, 1997, 1993–with my…

They keep getting more developed…but all come out of the ground at 108-135 degrees. This is an observation I sent to my research department at home, but in fact did…