Dear Reader, This is #1 in our series of travelogues all around Italy, the UK, and Ireland from October 2024 through June 2025. This opening one largely lets the pictures…
The Flower World Prophecy "In the land of heaven, birds sing flowers, Their music unfolds petals of light, My song gathers the divine bouquet." -excerpt of Nahua paradise flower song…
Arrival to La Ciudad de México In April of 2024, we were blessed to travel to Mexico City when John surprised Laura with this trip as an early birthday gift. ¡Muchas…
Hogmanay Hopes and Tooling about Town Our flight to Edinburgh on December 28th included a layover in Munich. The airport’s pretzel and German beer were a nice transition from Italian…
(photo: Public Domain) Having the opportunity to revisit some of the beloved towns we had hiked to on the Via Francigena brought us to Montefiascone. We wanted to see the…
How "The Gulf of Mexico: A Rhyming Animal Adventure" Was Born In January of 2022, we went fishing in the Gulf. As we got to the boat launch, there was…
Sénanque Abbeye by Luis Ascenso, https://www.flickr.com/photos/107521854@N05/22505170428 Pleasant Surprises in Provence Are we in Heaven? The Sunday Mass at Sénanque Abbeye felt like it. This was just one of the pleasant…
Dramatic Oasis in the City A short walk from both Notre-Dame Cathedral and Saint-Chapelle, in the Latin Quarter, is the Place Saint-Michel, anchored by the majestic Neo-Renaissance Fontaine Saint-Michel. It…
Still Standing against an October Sky Sitting on the Île de la Cité, the Notre-Dame Cathedral has been a Gothic icon of Paris for over 850 years. It took nearly…
Holy Chapel Sainte-Chapelle means "Holy Chapel" and with good reason. It was built by King Louis IX (later Saint Louis) in the mid-13th century for a specific purpose -- to…