Wandering the Streets of Akko
Today is Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, so I thought I'd share another glimpse of Israel, from a day trip my daughter and I took to Akko in July. Akko is famous for its underground Crusader City, photos of which I shall share soon, but for today I felt like taking another walk through the sunny, narrow streets of [...]
Blog Post No. 500
My post with a detailed recipe (including step-by-step photos) on how to make Zwetschgendatschi remains one of my most popular posts. Who would have thought? Not me. 500 blog posts! It's not a milestone I particularly aspired to, and probably wouldn't have noticed, were it not for Blogger's tally at the top of the list of all my posts. I [...]
My List for Celebrating Fall
Temperatures have been unseasonably nippy here in Chicago; clearly, fall is in the air. It's been a while since I've done a seasonal list, but I am so looking forward to fall this year that I inadvertently scribbled down this list in my Morning Pages notebook: Roast hot dogs over camp fires Press leaves Visit Kankakee Wildlife Area for [...]
Manaus Journal (4): The Amazon is a Mirror
I'd seen photographs of the mirror-like quality of the Amazon in National Geographic, but to find myself floating on it was a whole other experience. I spent the better part of last weekend organizing my "Brazil" photos (finally uploading the good ones to a site to share with my travel companions), and so I thought it might be a [...]
Remembering 9/11
For my generation, today's date will live in infamy. It will simply never again be another day. 9/11 will always make me shiver, and I will always have second thoughts about traveling or partying today. As I do every year, I took my Portraits 9/11/01 off the shelf and opened it at random to read some of the obituaries the New York [...]
Goldilocks at the Hemingway House
My studio in the attic used to be a maid's room but is now furnished by Thomasville of Oakbrook, featuring their safari-style Hemingway Collection of furniture and décor. I have to say I'm more in love with the Victorian-style sofa to the right. I felt like Goldilocks yesterday moving into my studio at the Hemingway Birthplace Home. I knew nobody would be there when [...]