Why I Ride: Some people dream of fast cars and a luxury lifestyle. My dream is to free-wheel around ancient towns in the south of France soaking in the atmosphere. Riding my bike makes me feels like a kid again. Woohoo! I’m a free-spirit with […]
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Driving the Nebraska Sandhills by Kim Sosin and Janet Rives
Come Drive with Me Driving west near Grand Island, across the braided Platte one more time, my–our–road begins its lone stunning uphill path across Nebraska. We pass train after train, intense-orange engines, cars heaped with black coal. Then suddenly, Sandhills! Anchored by Little Blue Stem […]
The Piero Tour of Italy by Bernie Langs
While familiarizing myself over the years with the pictures painted by the Masters of the Italian Renaissance, I found that one artist stands out as singularly enigmatic in his body of work, Piero della Francesca (c.1415-1492). I have read various summaries about della Francesca in […]
Tundra Dawn by Denise Merat
A small band of scarlet pushes up against blue dark horizon, a slow reversal – one minute less than yesterday. Shuffling into slippers, I slide on my long, black woolen coat and wrap my scarf against the chill, snug about my neck. In late […]
The Reykjanes Peninsula by John .A. Barrett
Iceland – The Reykjanes Peninsula With my wife Sue, we stand on the southwest edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula, the only place on earth where the mid-Atlantic Ridge is visible above sea level. This, bordering the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates, that float on […]
Postcards from Glasgow by Christie Munson Muller
Random Act of Kindness: Postcard from Glasgow #1 Settled into our high-top table, we giggled as we waited for our whipped creamed drinks in cups with the green lady logo. We’d met at the coffee shop close to Ashley’s home before, but this visit was […]
