On Road Trips and Family Traditions
This past week we took a road trip up to Amarillo, Texas. It’s about a six-hour drive from Dallas, with stops, angling up the 287. The road is dotted with …
On Bread and Pumpkin Pie
The holidays are back! As I get older, they whirl back around again with an uncanny speed. I often forget what month I’m in. I have no idea how we …
On a Hammam Experience and Taking the Long Way Home
Leaving Loutro, and with it the calming swim-eat-sleep-repeat experience was bittersweet, as the endings of most wonderful long-awaited trips are. We start to turn our heads toward home, even though …
On a Hammam Experience and Taking the Long Way Home Read More »
On African Swells and a Week of Mediterranean Swims
Crete is an island nation to the south of mainland Greece. It is quite a large island, much bigger than I originally thought. On the north side of the island …
On African Swells and a Week of Mediterranean Swims Read More »
On Boats, Swimming the Mediterranean, and Finding Peace
I love being on boats. Big boats, little boats, kayaks. Taking the 20-minute ferry ride from Chora Sfakia to the tiny Crete village of Loutro wasn’t nearly long enough on …
On Boats, Swimming the Mediterranean, and Finding Peace Read More »
On Two Utterly Charming Beach Towns on Crete
I suppose I could have titled this one, “On Rethymno and Chora Sfakia,” but 99% of you have never heard of those places, unless you live on Crete, of course. …
On Heraklion and the Palace of Knossos
My trip to Crete was fantastic, and a highlight for me was finally getting to see the Palace of Knossos. I’ve wanted to see it since I was in Mrs. …
On Chania’s Old Town in Crete
I’ve found in chatting with people about my trip that not many folks have been to Crete. They’ve been to Greece, on the mainland in Athens or on other islands …
On Getting There and Finnair
Planes, ferries, buses, shuttles, and my own two feet got me first to Helsinki, and then to various locations on the Greek island of Crete during the past sixteen days. …
Five Ways to Get Free (Or Nearly Free) Books
There are lots of places to get free books. As voracious of a reader as I am, only a couple of these had hit my radar before I started writing …