Relationships and Going Places
I Forgot to Pack Snowshoes
The Amtrak dispatcher declared that our trip was cancelled. A couple people begged the driver to open the doors and let the braver souls make a break for it on foot. As tempting as the prospect seemed, I failed to pack a pair of snowshoes or a team of sled dogs, so it was probably for the best that the temptation was never really an option more »
Lesson Number One
When I found the man who would be my mate, my friend, the one indispensable for over half a century, I knew I was fortunate. After ten years, I realized I loved this man much more than I had when I was besotted with my groom and delirious with pride in him. After forty years, I could scarcely believe how we had grown into a grafted entity like something in a prize arboretum more »
A Day in the Life of a Fashionable Parisian Townhouse at the Getty
Through constellations of art and related artifacts, the exhibition follows the conventional activities in the cycle of a Parisian day, such as dressing, writing, collecting, eating, and evening entertainment — allowing visitors to envision the activities and accessories of quotidian life, in order to find resonances with their own daily lives more »
New State Department Travel Advisory and Requirement
"We urge US citizens to keep in regular contact with family and friends. US citizens living or traveling abroad are encouraged to enroll in the Department of State's Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP); Outbreak notice about Dengue Fever more »
