Travels
Guatemalan Rainbows
I promised one more blog on my Guatemalan trip. When I dream of my time there, I will always dream in color, because no country I’ve visited has more to share. There was color at the market place, where men and women arrived early, walking for miles on narrow mountain roads, wares on their heads and…
Read MoreWeaving The Story of Women
I promised another side of Guatemala, one of the most multi-faceted places I’ve yet to visit, a country so visually extraordinary that there were few moments when somebody on our trip wasn’t snapping photos. Since only the men in my family seem to have the photography gene, my photos pale in comparison. Yet even I…
Read MoreIn Elisa’s Footsteps
Some years ago, in the middle of reading a loosely researched novel about New Orleans where “cable cars” zoomed down the “median” on St. Charles Avenue, I decided I would never write about a place I had not, at the very least, visited for an extended time. In New Orleans we had streetcars, and we…
Read MoreTravels with Emilie
I’ll confess that all I ever need to hear are the words “Do you want to go?” and I’m ready and willing, passport in hand. I have yet to take an international trip I wish I hadn’t attempted. I’m always excited. At first. Then the reality sets in. Exactly “why” did I think this was a…
Read MoreAn “Endless Chain” of Events
Through the magic of the Internet, and the help of Marna, my valued assistant, you’re viewing this post when I’m not even home to send it. Instead I’m in Guatemala, on a church-sponsored trip dedicated to learning about the struggles of the Mayan people after the political turmoil and yes, deaths of thousands. You may have…
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