Continue Reading Leaf Hopping The leaves are changing color. Uniform green now glows in gold, chartreuse, orange, red and brown. Some of the patterns look almost…
Continue Reading Autumnal Ambling Portland’s Lan Su Chinese garden is a great spot for a fall walk. Or rather an ambling, since something beckons to be…
Continue Reading Fall Walks A dear friend of mine has been longing to walk across one of the newest bridges in Portland. For a number of…
Continue Reading Reality Check This week’s report on one of the loveliest weddings I ever attended will conclude with a few observations. Observation #1: Everyone is a…
Continue Reading Conflict Solved I came of age during a feminist wave that pretty much condemned the desire to be or make oneself beautiful. It was…
Continue Reading Flower Power One of the many heartwarming experiences this weekend were the adventures of the flower girl. Barely three years old, this young lady…
Continue Reading Carlisle, PA When you amble through the streets of Carlisle, a town of less than 20 000 inhabitants in Cumberland County, PA, you get…
Continue Reading Street Roots After a week of portraying travel options mostly linked to the past, today I want to direct us to the present. The…
Continue Reading Infamous poet, ineffectual spy. So far this week, aside from a guy on balls, we’ve met a woman pretending to be a man, a woman acting…
Continue Reading Lügen haben kurze Beine Lies have short legs is one of the most commonly used German proverbs, implying you won’t get far with them. I was…
