Old goats
While in the Lake District, I stumbled on to a path that led me into a sheep pasture. Because it is spring, the field was filled with baby lambs I…
Here marks the place…
It's so much fun to spend time with locals while visiting a city - for example, while Lukka, Daniel and I strolled through some of the neighborhoods of London, they…
St James’s Park
Travel reminds me that everything sorts itself out in the end- follow your nose with some goodwill, decency, and trust and you'll discover portals to a universe that will cradle…
Bourough Market
A woman who moved from the US to England about 5 years ago for a job told me the thing she missed most ( besides good Mexican food ) was…
Buckingham Palace
I'm staring at the palace when a fellow American sidled up and says to me - "can I ask you a dumb question?" After I nod, she responds in an…
Fish and Chips with mushy peas
The British seem to be insistent on making mushy peas a side to fish and chips - it may be one of the reasons English food gets a bad rap…
My Wing Man
Lukka, Daniel's partner, and an extraordinary kind soul, made sure I got vaccinations for Africa while in England - not only did he make the appointment, he took me to…
Daniel’s passion
My nephew is the consummate networker and has developed a community of like minded tillers of the soil. Here he is at Dixter gardens where he secured the coveted role…
window boxes in Bruges
window boxes with arrangements of a variety of colorful flowers adorn most every home or business window as well as canal walls!