Potsdam Universtät For the most part the weather has been nice and the people have been German—meaning: corrective. I think they have forever been corrective since the dawn of diutisc times (deutsch = of the people). They are all about the rules and will make it very clear if you have broken one. Sharp glares are a German pillar of society, as if you’re constantly being observed by a Catholic nun. It is a Catholic country and making excessive noise on Sunday can earn you a fi

While my bed was not under a princess canopy, waking up in a castle in Germany is a pretty fine life. Check out time still loomed and we were on the road by 11, regardless of my new royal standing, so we headed to one of my favorite medieval cities: Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber. The most quintessential walled city in Germany. (I might be using quintessential a lot, but there is a reason it is named the Romantic Road.) This town is frickin’ adorable. (Here is my blog from 2016 whe

Day One, Two, Three, and… My trip with my middle daughter to Germany started like all great travels with a horrendous thud. (If you’d like to skip the details and go to the travel jump here.) On the day we were to fly out we arrived at the airport only to learn the incoming flight was delayed from Denver due to mechanical issues. This was our first hour delay. At the beginning of the second hour, the plane is in and there would be a quick turn-around. So quick that the cleani

I wrote a book, and I feel a bit like I am screaming into a void. 4.2 million books will be published this year out of the US alone, and that number doesn't really take into consideration the high capacity of AI-generating authors who are learning by the hour how to game the system. In case you're wondering, that is the population of the state of Oregon, and more than the population of Croatia All.New.Titles. And, we want multiple people to buy our books. Huff. I should feel

Chapter Athens I freely admit that I did very little planning for this trip. I selected TourRadar and my daughter did the rest. TourRadar...

Chapter Santorini Welcome to Fantasy Island! Around 1600 BCE, the Minoan volcano of Santorini erupted, spewing ash, killing the...

Chapter Naxos Greece is a part of the EU (which made travelling through multiple countries easy — no passport controls at each landing)....

Chapter Paros Our next couple of days found us on the island of Paros . The ferry was smaller, more chaotic, and prone to the whims of...

Chapter Mykonos I have entered many airports around the world, in many countries, without seeing the cities — as fleas on a cat;...

Chapter Iceland Iceland is a cold version of Hawaii — a frozen lava island with few and far-between conifers and birch trees. The small...

Maybe I was twelve when I last visited Charleston, South Carolina. It's not the same Charleston that I remembered. Of course, that was the mid-1980s, and the Country was rising out of an economic slump. That tall and awkward girl remembered the Market Hall being a much rougher location, and very near the Old Slave Mart building. In my mind, I think I mixed up the history of what happened where. Both buildings are within walking distance of each other; and both since renovated

During this trip, we were driving over 770 miles (12 hours straight). I tired to keep each stop between a three- to four- hour drives...

Previous Blogs in Order of Events: Kansas City Cousins Graceland -- A Different South Nashville or Nashvegas? The trucks didn't stop at...

After touring Graceland, a three-hour affair including a BBQ lunch, we headed to Nashville along the I-40. Since leaving Colorado, and...

Author Note: this post is best understood by having read my previous post on Kansas. I headed south and east towards Memphis, TN. I have...

It's good to travel. It's good to move to a new city and find your way around. It's good to be good people.

We made a critical error, a novice mistake — our bags were going past security and we were not. “Do we pick up our bags here?” I asked...

Presence without Reversal "Time does not exist. There is only a small and infinite present, and it is only in the present that our life...

I am SO excited, my poem "Christmas in Ouray" was published at spillwords.com. The funny thing is that these poems are often written...

Samhain Meditation {Find a seated or lying meditation} Feel the earth beneath you. Perhaps the earth is cold against your body, notice...