Notre Dame has always seemed to me a dark, brooding and august female presence presiding over Paris.
Blog Posts about Travel
18 Favorites of 2018
I’ve once again chosen my most popular posts of 2018, based on visits, comments, Tweets and Facebook likes.
Cuba… What Can I Say? (2)
I have more questions, most of them unanswered, which adds a piquancy to the beautiful aquamarine seas through which we are traveling off the south coast of Cuba.
Cuba… What Can I Say?
I feel an affinity with what I can see of Cuban life today and what I know this island had gone through.
City of Angels
Los Angeles is somebody’s kingdom, maybe everybody’s kingdom, but I don’t think it’s mine.
Volare (2018)
What do we do with the remnants of romance when we have long outgrown it?
We Dance
Walking back to my hotel through the nighttime madness and splendor of the city, I felt the hope that dancing always brings, the hope of not just enduring despair but leaping over it.
No Refuge but in Writing
I have been blessed this week by two immersions in the work of Tennessee Williams, a writer I’ve always adored.
Spring Has Sprung
I am fortunate on this visit to find the dampness of New York City a great relief after the deadly dryness and manifold allergies of the Southwest.
The Mysterious Diamond
I loved our tour of architect Luis Barragán’s masterpiece in Mexico City, a great collection of brilliantly-colored walls, streams and pools.