I’m at the Convent of San Giuseppe, devouring a sinfully delicious meal, candlelight flickering upon castle-like marble and stone and beams. This is Sardinia, Italy, and today is my 50th birthday. It’s a luminous starry night in late April, and …
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Mohonk: Sumptuous Old-World Flavor by Fyllis Hockman
When the couple, there for their 20th visit, commented that it was the first time they had taken the house tour — one of the staples of the Mohonk Mountain House experience — I asked what they had been doing …
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Hampton Roads, Virginia: Historic Past and Vibrant Present by Terry Zinn
With a claim to historic landings pre dating Jamestown Virginia, Hampton Roads is a vibrant city with an enthusiastic salute to its past. For a good geographical and nautical introduction, a 2 to 3 hours boat tour aboard the Miss …
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The Most Remarkable Vacation Money Can’t Buy: NSCD Volunteer Vacation by Annie Coburn
When summer temperatures are hitting record highs, you might be looking for a cool place to hide out that will not put a strain on tight budgets or involve the old vacation haunts which seem so ho-hum. With the winter …
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Montreal, Mon Amour by Emma Krasov
Photography by Yuri Krasov It didn’t look good; I knew it. I just opened wide to indulge in a juicy chunk of ripe peach from a generous sample plate when I heard a click of my husband’s camera. Oh well, …
Arusha National Park, Tanzania by Bonnie and Bill Neely
As we circled to land at Kilimanjaro Airport, seeing the famous 19,341-foot (5,895 metres) high snowy peaks above the clouds was thrilling. The city of Arusha, about a half-hour away, has about 400,000 residents and a second airport for small …
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Cincinnati : A City of Culture and Class by Terry Zinn
January is a time to take stock of the past and look to the future, which I did recently during my visit to Cincinnati, Ohio,( http://www.CincinnatiUSA.com ). I attended the University of Cincinnati some decades ago while attaining my Masters …
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Day of the Dead in Varanasi by Megan Meadows
Disoriented in the darkness, I saw an outline of my husbands’ body lying next to mine. Shouting and loud explosions knocked against our window, shaking the narrow building we had been sleeping inside. In a moment I recalled the country, …
Talkeetna – Big Adventures in a Small Alaskan Outpost by Gail Carter
Our one-woman tour company, Corky Champagne, had been carting us around south central Alaska in a mini van. We left Anchorage headed to the well-known and popular Denali National Park & Preserve, a 6 million-acre protected plot of remote Alaskan …
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Florida’s Natural Escape
Let us be honest – many of us who enjoy the sunshine state totally ignore north Florida on our way southward to its lavish and sometimes overwhelmed tropical destinations. If so, we are doing ourselves a great disservice especially if …
