Why I Travel

“The world is a book. People who don’t travel read only one page.” ––St. Augustine Note: For more current writings, musings, and journeys of a different kind, join me at my [...]

Taming of the Shelf

It all began with a wonder question posed by my husband as we contemplated what to do with the cluttered bookcase that takes up an entire wall in our 1875 home: Why would we keep a book? This [...]

A Thoreau Book Signing

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover [...]

A Week of Wonder

“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” –Rumi. On a whim, my husband and I decided to book a cute AirB&B at one of our favorite places: Cape Cod. With vaccinations in full swing [...]