Here I am in the middle of the Straits, between Europe and Africa, sailing into Tangier as the Phoenicians did. Well, almost. On a cargo ship. We were the only passengers on board. … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2010
My two goals as a traveler –
Aimless wanderingand sitting still. … [Read more...]
My journal and me…
Every journal I write and draw in takes on a character of its own. Normally I find a journal I like - leatherbound, with lines, without - and use that same journal for several years. But lately I've been given journals as gifts such as the one in this picture.It was given to me … [Read more...]
There’s No Place Like Home…
I've often wondered if I clicked my ruby slippers together, where would I end up? Back in Illinois where I grew up, in Boston where I came of age, in New York where I've lived my adult life. Would it be Paris where first slept with a man, albeit a crazy Italian bakers son who … [Read more...]
Durham-Dirham-Durham
I always tell my students that if you don't know your ending go back to your beginning. Or in travelers terms given enough time and space most things will come full circle in this world. Here's just one small instance. I met my husband, Larry, 23 years ago in Richmond, … [Read more...]