Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

Travel fiction – where the ‘right place’ transforms lives

The Best Turkey-less Thanksgiving Ever

The Best Turkey-less Thanksgiving Ever

Thanksgiving has always been a bit of a puzzler for me. You’d think after so many years in America it would have ingratiated itself a little more into my psyche. Maybe the message of giving thanks was steamrollered under the avalanche of Christmas ‘you gotta have this...
New Extension, New Website, New Photos, Same Rain

New Extension, New Website, New Photos, Same Rain

If you could hear the racket outside my window, you’d be very grateful I write a blog and haven’t gone all podcast-y on you. As I write, there’s a jackhammer, a digger, and a cement mixer on the go. Building an extension and gutting a kitchen and downstairs bathroom,...
Planes, Trains, and Chocolate Displays

Planes, Trains, and Chocolate Displays

I’m much more familiar with airports than I am train stations. With most of my travel for years involving the crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, the option for train usage has been somewhat limited. Even if it were a choice, would I take the London to New York 24-hour...