by Nancy | Jan 24, 2018 | Travel Writing |
We in the Pacific Northwest don’t travel during the summer when the cloudless sky is a warm and dreamy blue. We fly away during flu season when the charcoal clouds burst with rain and the airline passengers burst with germs. At the Women’s March on Saturday, one of my...
by Nancy | Dec 19, 2017 | The Americas, Travel Writing |
A Post-Script on Ornaments If you saw CBS Sunday Morning, you saw some of the ornaments I posted last week. (Click on ornaments for the link) So, Nancy Reagan had the idea to sell the White House ornaments to fund the White House Christmas tree. Now that’s...
by Nancy | Jul 13, 2016 | Travel Writing, Uncategorized |
Every traveler, writer or not, should carry a writer’s notebook. You never know when someone will ask for travel advice, and you’ll want to be specific. You never know when you might write about it. Most of us don’t have the foresight of Hemingway, who began his...
by Nancy | Jan 12, 2016 | Travel Writing, Uncategorized |
Life is unpredictable. You never know how long a window of opportunity will remain open. Last month I dove through a closing window to visit John Muir’s historical sites in Northern California, and I came away with some strategies on how to deal with life’s pivotal...